the prefix nearese (pronounced knee-are-essay) refers to orientations where one feels a complete disconnect from the concept of a certain kind of attraction, despite experiencing said attraction, due to neurodivergence. so, for example, someone who experiences sexual attraction and knows they do but, due to being neurodivergent, feel a disconnection from the concept of sexual attraction. it may feel like they feel sexual attraction, but it feels like someone else is feeling it and they’re just watching, or just any disconnect from the kind of attraction due to neurodivergence.
this term is not for neurodivergent people who do not experience a specific form of attraction due to a feeling of disconnection, but for neurodivergent people who do experience a form of attraction from which they feel disconnected. this feeling may vary and how the disconnection feels may vary, as everyone experiences neurodivergence differently.
this can be affected by any kind of neurodivergence.
the prefix nearese- can be added to any form of attraction to specify- nearesesexual, neareseromantic, nearesequeerplatonic, neareseplatonic, nearesealterous, nearesesensual, and neareseaesthetic
etymology- from the irish term for mental health (neareolaiochta) and the samoan word for divergent (ese’ese).
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so i made this term because i couldn’t find any existing ones that really fit me, so i made this one, i’m the ace one and i hope these can maybe help some people :D i’ll be making a version soon that’s not exclusive to nd people too