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The described behaviors could be narcissism but are likely innocent ADHD. I have noticed that unmedicated highly ADHD persons will inject themselves into conver
by austin-cheney 3y ago
The described behaviors could be narcissism but are likely innocent ADHD. I have noticed that unmedicated highly ADHD persons will inject themselves into conversations they were never party to of close physical proximity and then redirect the conversation to their personal experiences.
To the uninformed these behaviors look like narcissistic personality disorders, but they are not. They are instead multiple hyper-stimulus seeking behaviors devoid of context and patience. Also bear in mind many people are ADHD absent of a diagnosis or diagnosed well into adulthood.
- dragonwriter 3y agoAlso, related, is autism info dumping. (And, similarly, lots of people undiagnosed.)
- austin-cheney 3y agoI learned earlier this year what seems like autism to many people is just advanced ADHD. An autism diagnosis requires a psychological evaluation and consists of 3 parts of which one is centered solely upon social interaction adaptation. Unmedicated people with ADHD can have all of the characteristics of autism and still not achieve an autism diagnosis even with missing social skills for their age level. That’s unfortunate because delayed social skills will result in peer rejection which only increases the problem for young people.