What the fuck? Do...do I have ADHD? This entire meme is...me??? My wife gets annoyed when I interrupt her, even though she will talk straight for 15mins and leave no gaps in...and she has been told she has ADHD.

Or is this like "hahahaha, I got a cold, so I googled symptoms and it says I have stage 4 brain cancer"...meme?

[–] CallMeMrFlipper@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

If you're actually concerned, get checked out. While I appreciate the rising visibility of neurodivergent traits, it's also very clear that ADHD (and to a lesser extent, autism) are very much "in style" because people will make a meme around just about any human feeling and claim it to be related to ADHD or autism. This one seems a bit more relevant, but again, if you're truly concerned, get checked out. Don't rely on memes from the internet to diagnose you.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Normal human feelings are related to ADHD and autism, because many symptoms of both are just normal experiences happening more often. Everyone knows what being overwhelmed or impulsive is like, that doesn’t mean neurodivergent people don’t experience it to greater extents and with a greater frequency.

[–] CallMeMrFlipper@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Right, I agree. But when you see posts like, "the adhd way I hold my pencil" and it's literally just how you're taught to hold a pencil, it starts to be problematic. If you make everything that's "normal" into something that's neurodivergent, it's gonna make actual traits and symptoms seem much more abnormal. And it also encourages people to claim they have it when they don't. Like when someone says they have OCD because they like their desk to be organized. I know that organization can be a symptom of OCD, but the severity of the stress and discomfort of disorganization when you have OCD is gonna be much higher. So it creates a sort of distorted image of what these things look like and it makes it harder for society as a whole to recognize actual neurodivergence. "My cousin has OCD and he's not like that, you're just being weird" is a sentiment I've heard way too often.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

%100, at least this will get me to get checked out. I went as a kid, but this was 35+ years ago now. I don't remember what the diagnosis was, but that's back when they'd just say kids are eating to much sugar which makes them hyperactive, which is bullshit. This at least makes me feel like I do need to get checked out though, cause this silly meme is shit I do on a daily basis without thinking about it.