Even though all the PR for The Fabelmans was basically “Steven Spielberg’s most personal film…” I was woefully underprepared for just how personal it was.
This is true. The frontal lobe uses as much as 30% of your daily caloric intake. Imagine if every day, you had to max out on frontal lobe usage just to cope with reality. It puts the nervous system into a stress situation and this further affects the body’s ability to use calories efficiently.
Being neurodivergent or disabled means masking, and masking is incredibly difficult for the body. It’s also very demanding on the brain.
Also “you don’t look autistic” is fucking stupid and ableist to say.
Running ActLikePeople.Exe is fucking EXHAUSTING, let alone ActLikePeopleExpect.
