• davad@lemmy.world
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      Whether they’re directly caused by an ADHD neurotype or not, all those things are associated with ADHD

      To pick one at random, Rejection Sensitive Disphoria (RSD) is often found with people who have ADHD. People dealing with RSD often imagine rejection where none was intended. That includes reading negative feelings into text messages, conversations, etc.

      (CAVEAT: I am not an expert. This is not my professional field. This is speculation from someone who has ADHD and is around ADHD kids) I don’t know if there’s good research out there or not about RSD+ ADHD, but I suspect RSD is conditioned. Growing up with ADHD, you get a lot of negative feedback from people. You aren’t paying attention well enough, you’re often clumsy, you often say the wrong things at the wrong time, etc. With enough of that sort of feedback, developing negative self talk which turns into full RSD sounds like a natural outcome.

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      Yeaaaah all of these things are very common among people with ADHD. So, not to put too fine a point on it, but you are super wrong.

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          I don’t really understand if this is a negative or positive experience, but I just wanted to add that like you said some of the things listed are common for many people without ADHD. But people with ADHD can relate to many or all of the things listed in the post, and it often irks them when people without ADHD talk about the disorder as something insignificant. Maybe you didn’t mean to do that but it does seem to be insensitive. Thanks for understanding.

          • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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            It’s both negative and positive. I wasn’t aware of that rule, so good job pointing it out to me.

            I do have ADHD and I experience most/all of these, I just never thought they are all directly traceable to ADHD. What I thought - which perhaps wasn’t clear - is that these are all distinct disorders, which are just as much out of one’s control as ADHD, but which are not necessarily symptoms of ADHD itself.

            I did preface with “I’m no expert”, and I can see that I might be wrong. I’m happy to leave my comment up and let the downvotes and replies do their thing.