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This is also what it's like to be a normal person

• shrimp_emoji 3y ago
  It's me to a tee, and I don't have ADHD. (At least I don't think so oh god vyvanse me up doc)
• nerpderp82 3y ago
  The difference is magnitude, this is a dismissive comment that is harmful for people with ADHD.
  • leoqa 3y ago
    It's a dialog, you can't push ADHD diagnoses and then get upset when other folks don't agree with your view of the human condition.
    • nerpderp82 3y ago
      You other comment isn't a dialog either. Both of you are furthering your personal narrative that ADHD isn't a real condition. The argument that someone is high achieving therefore they don't have ADHD is a common illogical trope. ADHD is as real as diabetes or arthritis. If that disturbs you, it says more about you than it does about ADHD.
• leoqa 3y ago
  Thanks for posting this. I find a lot of self-described ADHD folks seem to describe fairly normal ennui that makes up life. My wife talked her way into a diagnosis (innocently, and she hasn't taken the medication) and she has never had any issues with aptitude: multiple 4.0 degrees, self taught software career, ultra runner etc. I think folks are conveniently lying to themselves, and I'm not here to ruin anyone's party but I do get concerned in parenting circles when this kind of over-optimizing of normal laziness gets sold as childhood ADHD.