Thanks for the reply, that’s exactly what I was going for. I hope it was clear that my observation was genuine and had no intention whatsoever to troll.

I do take adhd seriously, and I have met some who quite clearly suffer from it - but I have also seen plenty of posers, if you listen to the internet everybody has Tourette or OCD. My point in that paragraph was not that adhd is not a thing, but rather that the abundance of posers who just want to feel special gives the condition the lack of credibility that you and I both denounce.

As for me suffering from it, it is quite possible having struggled with depression as well. I am very annoyed by the “self diagnosers” so I try to practice what I preach. Not that I could possibly find out properly, as adhd is not taken quite seriously where I am from.

Thanks for the resources, they’re on top of my watch list.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem with the idea that it is unusual that "everyone" on the internet has ADHD is that the internet (and especially people making comments/posts) is not a random sample of the population.

The internet is GREAT if you have ADHD and are trying to get a dopamine hit, which is pretty much the constant state of ADHD due to dopamine dysfunction. It's a fire hose of content and people to interact with. At any given moment I would expect a greater percentage of people with ADHD to be online than those without ADHD.

It's also worth asking, if fakers didn't exist would people with ADHD be treated any differently by society? There has been scorn towards people with ADHD as lazy or undisciplined for decades. It long predates the current widely viewable videos of people faking disorders for attention.

[–] LetKCater2U@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wish I could upvote your comment twice 🙌🏽.

[–] BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There is also the fact that algorithms will feed adhd people more adhd content because the algorithm can tell they relate to the content. That creates a bit of a bias where it looks like everyone around you have adhd when really you might be caught in an algorithm loop instead.