This is no way disregards the difficulty of living with an actually severe case of ADHD but is not what most of these people are dealing with.

EDIT: many seem to have misunderstood what I mean by this. I’m not saying these people are only claiming to have ADHD to use it as an excuse. What I mean, is that they may very well do have, and they’re using it as an excuse. Mostly to themselves.

  • superkretEnglish
    454·
    3 months ago

    Not sure if I should upvote for being properly unpopular, or downvote for being absolutely fucking wrong.
    In countries where people actually have easy access to ADHD testing, the numbers diagnosed are higher than anyone expected (~20%). It’s still underdiagnosed in most countries IMO.
    And the high numbers cast doubt on whether it’s actually a disorder, or rather a symptom of our society being increasingly incompatible with human nature.

    • huginn@feddit.itEnglish
      78·
      3 months ago

      The first part is great. The “cast doubt” part sounds like naturalist bullshit.

      • candybrie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        3 months ago

        If 1/5 of people can’t “correctly” function in society in some specific way, you have to at least wonder if it’s them who is wrong or society.

        • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
          161·
          3 months ago

          What are you getting at? It’s simply human nature to desire to toil under capitalism. Those who struggle to devote 1/3 of their waking lives to making other people money are the wrong ones!

          • Thorny_Insight@lemm.eeOPEnglish
            210·
            3 months ago

            There’s a difference between not being able to devote third of your life to capitalism and being unable to handle mundane tasks such as doing the dishes or taking out the trash. A lot of the ADHD memes here normalize the unability to even do the bare minimum.