“D” is “disorder”. This means that the symptoms need to be clinically significant.
Everyone has occasional symptoms ghat are consistent with ADHD, but they need to be clinically significant to be considered ADHD.
I do think these sorts of memes are a bit… Icky. It kind of has the same vibes as the stories of women coming out as gay and their grandmother’s saying “well everyone is attracted to women”. Because it’s very possible that the person downplaying the significance is themselves undiagnosed or in denial. Or maybe the individual thinks their symptoms are not severe enough to be diagnosed when, in reality, it would be. And that also leads into discussions about the difficulty of diagnosis, the way it changes over time, the way that ADHD is considers by many ti be over-diagnosed in young boys and under-diagnosed in young girls, etc.
I also think that there’s it’s dangerous to try to carve up humanity with stark lines. That leads to societal divisions and dehumanization. The sentiment of “everyone is a little bit ADHD” can often come from a place of “we are all humans and I am trying to relate to you the best that I can”. The sentiment CAN be harmful when people are trying to downplay the significance, or even deny the existence of, disorders.
“D” is “disorder”. This means that the symptoms need to be clinically significant.
Everyone has occasional symptoms ghat are consistent with ADHD, but they need to be clinically significant to be considered ADHD.
I do think these sorts of memes are a bit… Icky. It kind of has the same vibes as the stories of women coming out as gay and their grandmother’s saying “well everyone is attracted to women”. Because it’s very possible that the person downplaying the significance is themselves undiagnosed or in denial. Or maybe the individual thinks their symptoms are not severe enough to be diagnosed when, in reality, it would be. And that also leads into discussions about the difficulty of diagnosis, the way it changes over time, the way that ADHD is considers by many ti be over-diagnosed in young boys and under-diagnosed in young girls, etc.
I also think that there’s it’s dangerous to try to carve up humanity with stark lines. That leads to societal divisions and dehumanization. The sentiment of “everyone is a little bit ADHD” can often come from a place of “we are all humans and I am trying to relate to you the best that I can”. The sentiment CAN be harmful when people are trying to downplay the significance, or even deny the existence of, disorders.