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Find a direction with which to off and go fuck in it
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Isnt it why its called a spectrum
The last D is for disorder. If you have ADHD, it's not cute and relatable, it's making your life worse to the point of needing to be addressed. Everybody having "a little ADHD" is a way of trivializing the level of actual problems that are required for it to be called a disorder.
To be fair, with the amount of shit bombarded in your face with a dozen devices, everything fighting for your attention including ads on your vehicle infotainment, there is a zero chance that most people havent developed some sort of ADHD, whether clinically diagnosed or not. Disorders evolved also.
Try sitting in a room for 10-15 minutes and do absolutely nothing, just sit with your thoughts. I'm willing to bet most people can't.
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder, either you're born with it or you're not. Sure, lots of things fight for our attention and that probably affects us in some way, but distractability isn't the same thing as ADHD. It's primarily a regulation disorder rather than 'can't focus disease'. Where I think you bring up a good point in a mechanism that probably reveals ADHD in some people, I would definitely give pushback on what appears to be a suggestion that the advertising industry as it exists causes ADHD. I don't think any serious psychological professional would make that assertion.