[AnimalMuppet]

You're not completely wrong, but you're not completely right either.

If you're insecure, and you respond by criticizing everything everyone else does so that you feel better about yourself, then I don't want you on my team and I don't want you in my life.

But if you're insecure, and you don't tear others down, then sure, welcome, neurodivergent or not.

I think this is what Patterson was getting at - it's the behavior, not the insecurity itself. If you don't behave like that, then your insecurity may be painful to yourself (and you may need help for it), but it's not destructive to those around you.