The visible symptoms of ADHD (ADD is no longer a separate thing) are things normal people experience all the time. ADHD is very poorly named. It has similar sy

The visible symptoms of ADHD (ADD is no longer a separate thing) are things normal people experience all the time. ADHD is very poorly named. It has similar symptoms at times but it is categorically different because they come from severely compromised self-regulation across many facets. Emotional control, memory, focus, sensory processing, etc. Many people with ADHD find ways to work around this by finding ways to create a structure they can work in. This contributes to the belief that ADHD can be solved by diligent, disciplined work. Especially because discipline is the solution to normal people’s issues with attention. But the reality is ADHD not a lack of discipline, but the inability to have it in the first place. Some people manage, but many can’t and other people make moral judgements that anyone with ADHD isn’t trying hard enough. Edit: I said this more clearly elsewhere: The symptoms are not the disorder and don't come from the same mechanism that causes normal people to have difficultly paying attention sometimes.