I see memes from this adhd community all the time on my feed, and every time I’m like - isn’t everybody like that? What’s so special about it? Like the metronome one, isn’t that how everyone with a three digit iq feels but hides it to different degrees? Or the one about being disappointed when you suck at something you never tried - how is all this stuff adhd specific? 90% of the stuff I see here is like that.

A lot of the “adhd” people I’ve seen online are 200% self diagnosed and use it as a replacement for a personality, because having adhd is fashionable - to the detriment of the credibility of the real adhd people - which is probably why people react the way that this meme hints at.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If you indeed relate very often with adhd memes, you might in fact have undiagnosed adhd. Or autism. These two disorders bleed into each other and have a very high comorbidity

[–] Draghetta@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I can’t really see myself going to a doctor and saying “could you please test me for adhd? see there is this community that posts adhd memes and I find them relatable”

I space out all the time when I’m not captivated, but I have no particular struggle focusing on stuff I really care about - in fact the world disappears when that happens. I might be wrong but it doesn’t look like adhd.

[–] db0@hachyderm.io 3 points 1 year ago

@Draghetta @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com lol being able to concentrate very well only when something interests you and not at all when it doesn't is **stereotypical ADHD** 😁. You don't have to be diagnosed if by now you've learned to cope with it, but read up on on it at least. People with ADHD who know they have it even if not diagnosed by a doctor can find more peace and better ways to handle it.

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