The tragic thing about mental disorders like depression or ADHD that your average person thinks that it sounds like what they deal with ("Hey, I hate doing Laun

The tragic thing about mental disorders like depression or ADHD that your average person thinks that it sounds like what they deal with ("Hey, I hate doing Laundry too but even if I procrastinate a little I do it.") and those that have them and aren't diagnosed or treated think everyone else has it as hard as they do and that they're normal. It's incredibly difficult to empathize or understand something that happens in other people's brains. I think it's safe to say you could pick any person off the street and you'll find at least one, if not several, attributes from any given mental disorder. Who doesn't know someone with noticeable but mild/manageable obsessive behavior or narcissism? But what characterizes a disorder isn't the attributes themselves, it's whether or not they cause significant harm and impairment. So sure, I'm describing humanity but that's only because it's the same problems that everyone has except brought to an extreme. I'm sorry that your experience with ADHD has been shitty but it has nothing to do with the disorder or those that actually suffer from it. Should diagnosis be more rigorous? Of course. Should doctors unsafely prescribing medication for profit be ousted? Yes. But this is a problem for any controlled substance that has legitimate uses. There are real doctors with PHDs doing research, studies and testing that you've never met. Are they evil because the psychiatrist you know is?