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Reason Behind Increasing ADHD Rates?? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by sahin@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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One of them is the increased number of people caring for mental status, but the other one is, we are living in an era that requires long hours of computer usage which is against the living way of an ADHD person. We need to walk, go out, spend energy, but nowadays we have to stay in an office, look at a screen, which is so boring.

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[–] silspd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I discovered I had it at around 35, just a few years ago. It's an awareness thing. My hope is that the percentage increases so much that it no longer is seen as a rare issue, that a significant portion of the population has it and has had it, and that overall mindset and policy changes are made to accommodate. We don't work well in the society that has been built up by the normies. We are an asset, not a hindrance to a functioning society, but we really haven't been given our place in the rigid system that often counters where we can be the most productive. We can do things that are often described as super powers, capable of learning new things incredibly fast, but it's situational and often not long term, and companies for example just don't have systems in place to utilize that. We need our own dedicated style of management that all employers are aware of and how to get the most from us, which contrasts heavily to the mind-breaking, life-draining style of management that typical people thrive in.

Okay, I rambled a bit and went off topic, lol