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Re:Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out by heurisko on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:25AM (#30864393)
> Communicating with neuro-typical people is frustrating, mostly because I try really hard to communicate clearly.

> If this comment is a bit rambling, you know why. :)

Everyone has struggles with communicating clearly don't they? Do you think it is possible that we put too much emphasis on apparently typical and non-typical way of thinking, with one pathologised?

Would ADHD really be noticeable if we were living in a medieval agricultural society?

I'm speaking as part of a generation where boys grew up being medicated for what I saw over-diagnosis of ADHD.

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Re:Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out by kayodelycaon on Thursday March 31, 2022 @10:23AM (#30867547)
The whole ADHD as an adaptation theory has been throughly debunked.

Your confusion is very understandable because most people don't know what ADHD is. Some of the symptoms overlap with immaturity, so people who are not qualified to tell the difference will frequently misdiagnose the problem.

If you want to understand ADHD, this video for parents of ADHD children will explain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSfCdBBqNXY

You don't need to watch the entire 3 hours. The first 10 minutes should be fairly enlightening.

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