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Given that I‘ve grown up with zero people in my environment that showed behavior of ADHD I wonder how much of it is just consequence of our ever more stimulus-i
by cmarschner 4y ago
Given that I‘ve grown up with zero people in my environment that showed behavior of ADHD I wonder how much of it is just consequence of our ever more stimulus-intensive world.
It seems most extreme in the US - the TV program there is a constant blurt of screaming to me whenever I visit it. European TV is much less intrusive, often more like US programs from the 70s.
But meanwhile a lot of the stimuli come from the cell phone, and I do think I’ve a) become addicted to it and b) I‘ve developed signs of ADHD in recent years as well.
So then the hypothesis is that things get better by adapting the environment to be more brain-friendly… like
- fewer stimuli (screens)
- less competition / anxiety-inducing work environments
- more sunlight, less time in dark interior spaces
- boredom
- sleeping hygiene
- less processed foods, and a microbiome well catered to
- nature
In other words: an environment that resembles more closely to what humans have adapted to over 100000s of years, and which we deviated from in the past 100… or 20.