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Disorder is the better word, but it's still a condition defined in relation to how it affects your capacity to function in the target society



I have it for reference. Both my children have it.

What is the difference between someone who has it and somebody who doesn’t? Where is the line? There is no biological line because we all have these traits.

It is only a disorder of it interferes with how you interact with modern life/society.

Being human is a condition and for some a disorder. Here, have a drug (anything that triggers dopamine)


Yes, by definition the difference is only in the sense that it affects your life negatively. Of course, negatively will be relative but logically if the individual is okay with it (and the people in their life agree) they will not seek treatment or a diagnosis.

To be more precise the cliché idea that society is insane and the individual is sane is not really helpful because dysfunction relative to the society is the entire defining aspect of what insanity is.


Perhaps that is why adhd diagnosis is on the up because we see so many people suffering in the construct that does not work well for those that have such sensitivities?


I think there is too much information in general and it's affecting us in unpredictable ways!




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