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Neurocomplexity | Neurodivergent | Neuroqueer
Neurocomplexity Has Many Names
“Neurocomplex” is a meaningful way to include them all
The more we each attend to all of our differences, the more of these differences we will find. It’s great. It’s the outward-facing, social and collective side of the process of authentic individuation.
As awareness around neurodiversity (and the nervous system in general) grows, we are reaching for terms and concepts that can best capture what’s unique enough that it marks a real difference from some norm, but also broad enough that it’s something we share in common with a good number of other people (that’s how we validate it, ultimately).
The term neurocomplexity was introduced in 2023 by neurodiversity scholar and therapist Lindsey Mackereth (founder of the Superwell Collective) as a way of bringing together all of these different variances onto a level where we can meaningfully speak about what we have in common with each other.
In her view, neurocomplexity includes adrenal burnout as well as complex trauma and C-PTSD. It was thanks to Lindsey’s work that I also learned that giftedness is also a dimension of neurocomplexity (I hadn’t thought about this aspect of myself in quite a long time, and this was extremely…
