You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
10 points

“everything is adhd” yawn

permalink
report
reply
2 points

I enjoy some of the memes but it’s clear it’s just another self diagnosed “omg i got ocd, im so quirky” fad. being pumped full of ritalin during a developmental phase or at any point is not as fun as it’s made out to be

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

I swear everyone I know is talking about their ADHD non-stop. Only one person I know actually strikes me as having ADHD.

permalink
report
parent
reply
13 points

So totally hear you but some stats to add perspective (all from wiki):

  • ~2% of the world has red hair
  • ~2% of American’s identify as homosexual
  • ~5% of American’s are suspected to have ADHD with 90% of them undiagnosed

So if this is accurate then that means roughly one out of every twenty people you walk by on the street has ADHD. Do people over use the term? Yes. Do most people underestimate how frequent it is? Also yes.

Further consider what happens when you give a people who are by definition poorly equiped to restrain themselves social media access and a relatable or spicy topic :p

Sincerely someone recently diagnosed

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

No one on the street claims every ‘kooky thing’ they do is adhd. It’s an internet thing.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-1 points

You’re the first one to bring it up here.

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

Do you mean other than OP with thier title? Then yeah I suppose you’re almost correct…

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Fair… I somehow overlooked that. My apologies.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Memes

!memes@lemmy.ml

Create post

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

Community stats

  • 9.9K

    Monthly active users

  • 13K

    Posts

  • 278K

    Comments