The literal thinking and black and white thinking is a killer🥴 #autistictraits #autismcommunity #latediagnosedautistic | Morgan Foley

Literal thinking is a common autistic trait and this is what it might look like in every day life. The funniest part about this is that a lot of autistics over think about what overthinking is and don’t realize they do it😅🧚‍♀️💟♾️ #autism #actuallyautistic #literalthinking #autistictraits #autismmemes #neurodivergent #audhder | Morgan Foley

Literal thinking is very common for autistic people. However, some research also finds evidence of literal thinking in ADHD’ers. Therefore, I used “neurodivergent” in this reel so as to not risk excluding the wider range of ND profiles who may relate to this. I also want to make it very clear that just because literal thinking is common for autistics (and maybe adhd’ers) does not mean that ONLY those people experience literal thinking. It also does not mean ALL autistics or adhd’ers experience i