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I feel like the opposite - they're popularizing ADHD and I just watched "What is ADHD?" episode and pretty much every human on this planet can relate to it. Wh
by systemvoltage 6y ago
I feel like the opposite - they're popularizing ADHD and I just watched "What is ADHD?" episode and pretty much every human on this planet can relate to it.
Who doesn't make careless mistakes? Who isn't ever late to anything? Who hasn't had a hard time to focus on something?
It is doing a disservice because people who actually have severe ADHD are perhaps shunned and the weight of the word "ADHD" becomes less meaningful.
It is similar to the urban popularization of "OCD". It is even used in regular conversation without people realizing that it is a serious condition that can't be lightly taken.
- nullsense 6y agoIt's not popularizing it. It's a channel by ADHDers for ADHDers. Everyone has _most_ of the same experiences, yes, but frequency, intensity, and duration are markedly different for those of us with ADHD. When it's such that all major facets of your life are negatively impacted by it you have a problem. I remember watching the ADHD Tax video and it was like lightbulbs going off in my head. That channel helped a lot when I was first figuring it out.
- lima 6y ago> Who doesn't make careless mistakes? Who isn't ever late to anything? Who hasn't had a hard time to focus on something? Severe ADHD means having a hard time focusing on everything, making careless mistakes constantly and being late all of the time.
- andrewjl 6y agoWhy? Especially when it makes it easier to relate or empathize to those same severe symptoms. And why does the intensity of ADHD correspond to its meaningfulness as a condition or a concept?