This is your daily reminder that "neurodivergent traits" do not exist.
"Neurodivergent" is an extremely broad term that refers to anyone who has some kind of neurological and/or psychiatric condition that causes them to be significantly different from most of society. It's up to the person themselves whether they want to use that label based on their personal experience, but here's a (non-exhaustive) list of conditions that can be neurodivergent:
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Sensory processing disorder
Auditory processing disorder
Visual processing disorder
Tourette's Syndrome and other tic disorders
Functional neurological disorder
All personality disorders
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
Fetal alcohol syndrome/fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder
Dissociative identity disorder, OSDD-1a and OSDD-1b
For a "neurodivergent trait" to exist, it would have to apply to all of those, plus more conditions I forgot to include. Obviously not possible. The only actual "neurodivergent trait" would be "you have a neurological/psychiatric condition".
If you mean autistic and ADHD traits, say that. If you mean mood disorder traits, say that. Neurodivergent is such a broad term, you need to use accurate language to ensure you don't accidentally spread misinformation (which has happened multiple times with the term "neueodivergent traits".)
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