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A casual community for people with ADHD
Values:
Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.
Rules:
- No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments.
- No porn, gore, spam, or advertisements allowed.
- Do not request for donations.
- Do not link to other social media or paywalled content.
- Do not gatekeep or diagnose.
- Mark NSFW content accordingly.
- No racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, or ageism.
- Respectful venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay.
- Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
- Discussions regarding medication are allowed as long as you are describing your own situation and not telling others what to do (only qualified medical practitioners can prescribe medication).
Encouraged:
- Funny memes.
- Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
- Questions on confusing situations.
- Seeking and sharing support.
- Engagement in our values.
Relevant Lemmy communities:
lemmy.world/c/adhd will happily promote other ND communities as long as said communities demonstrate that they share our values.
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More accurate than calling it a superpower. I hate that crap.
It’s a disorder, something that makes daily life more difficult. Yes it can be treated, but never cured (thus far).
Parkinson’s is a disease of the mind, and it often garners pity and sympathy. ADHD is treated as an “excuse” for bad behavior, since it’s invisible (save for behavior that is undesirable).
More than anything, how ADHD is seen by the ignorant majority is why it has any stigma at all.
Yeah fuck the whole “it’s a superpower” bullshit. It really fucking isn’t, it’s debilitating and it’s a bitch to deal with to try to function at all.
Great way to put. I’d just like to add that for some people at certain ages, treatment can only go so far unless you’re willing to risk a stroke or possibly a heart attack.
I had one person try to tell me that because I, like many people with ADHD, tend to be good in a crisis.
Apparently they were not listening to anything I said because that is the only upside. And it’s not a very big upside. Everything else about having ADHD is bad. I’m honestly not sure how you get from “I can’t focus on anything, relax, or regulate my own emotions” to calling ADHD a “superpower.”
It is a horrible disorder that I would not wish on anyone and it has brought me nothing but misery. The only reason I’m happy and well adjusted now is because of medication.