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[-] expr@programming.dev -3 points 7 months ago

I'm sorry but how in the hell is this in any way related to ADHD? ADHD doesn't make you fixate on some future events all day unless you're like, super excited about it or something I guess. In fact, it's often the opposite, getting fixated/distracted by other things and ending up late to meetings if you're not careful. ADHD is a very specific disorder of executive function and while it can manifest in a variety of ways, there's always an underlying mechanism behind it that makes some kind of sense. It's not a blanket "oh I can't manage any responsibilities haha".

Seriously, people these days will just lump every little thing in with ADHD and it drives me crazy. I have had (actually diagnosed) ADHD my whole life (way before all this self-diagnosis nonsense on Tiktok) and have learned a variety of strategies for managing it. It's posts like this that make it difficult for people who actually do have ADHD, because it makes people confused about what it actually is and what it's actually like to live with. ADHD is not a Boogeyman you can blame all your problems on and treating it as such does a huge disservice to people that actually have the condition.

/rant

[-] jose1324@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

These adhd posts are never accurate. Mild anxiety is major adhd nowadays

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