It sucks, because I’m undiagnosed and have never gone to get checked by a professional, but I relate to practically every single meme I see in this community, and have been told by numerous people(including a psychologist in training) that I probably had ADHD, or at least ADD if that is even considered a thing anymore. But then I see comments on half the posts saying “oh everybody does this, ADHD isn’t real and are just people trying to claim they’re special” and I think damn, is that true? Or are these people just ADHD themselves and projecting their experiences on all of society? Or is ADHD just extremely common in society? Am I ADHD? Will I ever truly know the answers to any of the questions? Maybe if I actually put effort into finding answers, but I will instead continue to scroll while I procrastinate falling asleep as I should’ve passed out 4 hours ago.
I got my diagnosis under a year ago, and the way I’ve intellectualised it to myself is:
I’m in the top 5-10% for scatterbrained-ness or enthusiasm, or bottom 5-10% for working memory or personal project completion.
That’s it. If I was among the 5-10% shortest people, I wouldn’t have a “height deficit disorder”, but learning some tricks would be helpful, there are tools (or in our case meds) to help, and I’d possibly need accommodations sometimes. Ideally the world would work on universal design principles and include the extremes, but unfortunately it isn’t so. Same principle applies.
It sucks, because I’m undiagnosed and have never gone to get checked by a professional, but I relate to practically every single meme I see in this community, and have been told by numerous people(including a psychologist in training) that I probably had ADHD, or at least ADD if that is even considered a thing anymore. But then I see comments on half the posts saying “oh everybody does this, ADHD isn’t real and are just people trying to claim they’re special” and I think damn, is that true? Or are these people just ADHD themselves and projecting their experiences on all of society? Or is ADHD just extremely common in society? Am I ADHD? Will I ever truly know the answers to any of the questions? Maybe if I actually put effort into finding answers, but I will instead continue to scroll while I procrastinate falling asleep as I should’ve passed out 4 hours ago.
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I got my diagnosis under a year ago, and the way I’ve intellectualised it to myself is:
I’m in the top 5-10% for scatterbrained-ness or enthusiasm, or bottom 5-10% for working memory or personal project completion.
That’s it. If I was among the 5-10% shortest people, I wouldn’t have a “height deficit disorder”, but learning some tricks would be helpful, there are tools (or in our case meds) to help, and I’d possibly need accommodations sometimes. Ideally the world would work on universal design principles and include the extremes, but unfortunately it isn’t so. Same principle applies.