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submitted 1 month ago by MTK@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

A friend recently called my adhd a disease and it got me extremely angry and hurt. They didn't have bad intentions, I don't think they think that I need to be "cured" but it probably came from a more ignorant perspective.

But how do you feel about it? How would you handle that situation?

To me calling it a disease implies that my neurodivergence is wrong, that I should seek some sort of cure, which I find stupid and mostly laughable, but I guess hearing it from them hit some nerve and it felt like a personal attack. As if they were saying that as long as I have adhd I am not okay and that my struggles are my fault for not seeking a cure.

Just somehow it instantly made me so hurt and angry and I couldn't help but feel insulted and small.

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