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Do we ever stop and think that the negative consequences are from our newly constructed hyper engagement focused society?
And maybe we are blaming the individuals for failing to live up to an impossible standard of productivity at the behest of our abusers?
It's the other way around. ADHD gives people an evolutionary advantage in crisis situations. Surviving through war, famine, and all the worst situations that humanity has survived through.
ADHD isn't incompatible with modern life because it got too hard. It's incompatible with modern life because it got too easy.
Hmm. Yeah, we as a society want people who can at tedium repeat a basic task and then not interact with the world much more than that or what is sold to them.
So I wouldn't say easy as much as easy as it is very difficult for those with it but simplified. And the toys we have created to play with to distract them/us from how basic our life is are incredibly dangerously good at mimicking progress.
That's such a pessimistic way of looking at it. All the efforts of humanity up until this point have gone towards sparing us from the horrors of what used to be the human condition. Generations and generations of toil and sacrifice so we could be bored at work instead of dying from the plague.
I struggle with ADHD because I am one of the luckiest human beings born so far.
Meh, just cause someone tried to do something nice for us doesnt mean the outcome actually was. We can keep adjusting and trying find what actually is good for people as a whole instead of free of effort.
I don't know but I don't think its bad to have the opinion of the recipient as well, and its not like every day was a horror for them anymore than it is for ours. It ebbs and flows but if we made a wrong turn we can do our part to correct it.
To a horrifying degree, work does define the human experience. Removing it isn't lucky but a part of who we are being removed and I the name of a nameless idea's of perfection. And I think its realism not pessimism to recognize that.
This is just not accurate.
Infant mortality rate before the industrial revolution was like 30%. Something like 50% of children didn't survive to their fifth birthday. But you think life was about as good then as it is today? I mean people still have to work for a living, so I guess it's all a wash?
I'm not suggesting that we can't still improve. I'm just pointing out that you don't seem to have the proper context for this stance you've taken.
I don't understand why you are being hostile...
Nowhere did they say that ADHD is a made-up condition. What I got from the comment was that a lot of the difficulties with ADHD are due to societal expectations and norms rather than inherent to ADHD itself. Which I'm not saying I agree with or disagree with (it's probably a mixture of both).
I get being upset at people denying ADHD, especially if it's something you suffer from and have had negative experiences in your life, but that's just not what is happening here. I was recently diagnosed with BPD by my psychiatrist and that is to my understanding one of the more unpleasant things to deal with, but projecting the frustration of dealing with a tough mental health condition outwards is not really healthy.
In my experience the majority of people on Lemmy and specifically this community are pretty understanding and I think deserve the benefit of the doubt.
I didn't read that comment so uncharitably. I think they're saying that society is unkind to people with ADHD.
Yeah we don't exactly have an equal world. Or one that even allows for much deviation without heavy punishment as basically seen by... Well above comment.
Sounds rough. Don't take it out on me.