> Instead, they say, ADHD may simply represent another point on the spectrum of neurodiversity: the range of different ways of thinking and behaving that count as normal.
Every disorder comes in this category. All are equal. Including the person who cannot pay attention and the person who pays too much attention to details.
I had severe ADHD and a version of autism growing up. I never got any treatment. And by the time I was in college, I realized EVERY INDIVIDUAL has some mental impairment that causes them to not do as well as the next person. I refused to take medication at this point.
Over time into adulthood, I was able to reduce the ADHD symptoms. It came up every few months for weeks at a time. I would just take a time out and become quiet during those weeks. I reduced my autism somehow as well. Both illnesses were out effectively out of consideration. Several years later I go to a stressful workplace and within 6 months my ADHD and autism return.
I now understand why I had it in the first place. It was induced. And it was dysfunctional parenting. I am still trying to distill precisely what factor is inducing the illnesses.
My definition of autism is the development of the mind is skewed in one direction and becomes unable to grow and develop in other areas of life. My definition of ADHD is dissatisfaction with the current state of things causing the mind to jump around on to various topics. The skewed thinking of the mind and dissatisfaction of the current topic is induced from rash reactions in response to sudden stresses. I think the causes are fault blaming, irrational gravities, fear, anxiety, and pressure changes... that could be either coming from within or from elsewhere.
> I now understand why I had it in the first place. It was induced. And it was dysfunctional parenting. I am still trying to distill precisely what factor is inducing the illnesses.
You realize that their parenting is likely to have been like that because they have ADHD as well? Financial troubles, drug abuse, forgetting or neglecting your kids and all sorts of spontaneous decisions come with being a parent with ADHD. You won't be able to break this cycle if you don't own your ADHD properly.
Every disorder comes in this category. All are equal. Including the person who cannot pay attention and the person who pays too much attention to details.
I had severe ADHD and a version of autism growing up. I never got any treatment. And by the time I was in college, I realized EVERY INDIVIDUAL has some mental impairment that causes them to not do as well as the next person. I refused to take medication at this point.
Over time into adulthood, I was able to reduce the ADHD symptoms. It came up every few months for weeks at a time. I would just take a time out and become quiet during those weeks. I reduced my autism somehow as well. Both illnesses were out effectively out of consideration. Several years later I go to a stressful workplace and within 6 months my ADHD and autism return.
I now understand why I had it in the first place. It was induced. And it was dysfunctional parenting. I am still trying to distill precisely what factor is inducing the illnesses.
My definition of autism is the development of the mind is skewed in one direction and becomes unable to grow and develop in other areas of life. My definition of ADHD is dissatisfaction with the current state of things causing the mind to jump around on to various topics. The skewed thinking of the mind and dissatisfaction of the current topic is induced from rash reactions in response to sudden stresses. I think the causes are fault blaming, irrational gravities, fear, anxiety, and pressure changes... that could be either coming from within or from elsewhere.