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I think that engaging in tasks you are “unenthusiastic” about is excruciating difficult for everyone… regardless ADHD (it is for me and the people I know at lea
by freedom2099 5y ago
I think that engaging in tasks you are “unenthusiastic” about is excruciating difficult for everyone… regardless ADHD (it is for me and the people I know at least)
- chefandy 5y agoPainful? Sure. Excruciatingly difficult? No. That's not hyperbole. It's an entirely different scale of difficult. Quickly scaling 8 flights of stairs is painful for most healthy non-athletes. For people who have severe asthma, it's excruciatingly difficult. They didn't throw these executive functioning problems in the DSM-V criteria for ADHD based on a hunch.
- chefandy 5y agoBeyond that, people being so willing to assume uninformed gut instinct is better at estimating people's challenges than a few decades of empirical research is exactly the reason the ADA exists and includes these conditions.