Hattatsu Shougai to Issho ni Otona ni Natta Watashitachi
My Brain Is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders

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“My brain is different” is a collection of stories about nine adults with developmental disorders (mostly ADHD and ASD) illustrated by an author who struggles with ADHD. After finding out about her condition at a late age, she decides to try and communicate these stories from real individuals to us in the hope of shedding a light on the hardships that neurodivergent people encounter in our predominantly neurotypical society. These range from bullying to work related issues, interpersonal conflicts, communication problems, harassment, discrimination, familial disputes, and many more. Despite the seriousness of some of these situations (i.e. suicidal ideations, physical violence..), it’s delivered mildly without ... lingering too much on details.
It’s told in a very straightforward way from each character’s point of view.
And it’s really easy to sympathize with them. The art is very clean and simple. It’s far from comprehensive but it’s definitely better than nothing. I really recommend reading it. Took me two hours to complete it if I remember correctly.

Stating the obvious here but: this manga is focused on mental health, specifically adhd and autism. Every chapter presents a different story (and person).

I like the portrayal of people and their stories here, it's quite realistic. The only thing I find not to be realistic is how fast the characters manage to get a diagnosis (as shown in the comic), but I think that in all of the stories the doctor basically tells them something along the lines: "yeah, *this* is your problem, *this* is your diagnosis". I wish the author also portrayed how difficult it is to actually get a diagnosis and what ... a troublesome ride that is. Of course, that's not the most important thing here and the author probably didn't want to focus on that but on the actual experience of a neurodivergent person living in a neurotypical society and how they manage to adapt to it.

This topic is very important and I'm so glad to see that there is even a manga about this subject!

The reason why it's not so attractive or particularly interesting to read is probably because there is a lot of text and not so much descriptive imagery and by that I don't mean that there is too much text, I just wish we ge to see more things instead of having everything explicitly said. I might sound crazy now so keep in mind that this is a very subjective opinion!