A lot of people now find themselves in situations which are bad/lead to very strong ADHD symptoms, like lack of regulated people around them, less/no exercise, spending more and more time around devices/screens (instead of people/nature), lots of junk food, getting lots of narcissistic manipulation in their ‘daily diet’, stressful situations with no clear way out, etc.

It used to be a small percent of the population got the symptoms - they were either those particularly predisposed to it, or in particularly bad situations.

As it becomes more prevalent across the population, more and more folks are showing problematic symptoms.

Notably, anyone who even glances at the news, social media, or politics is getting a ton of narcissistic abuse every day. As are many people at work.

And the symptoms of narcissistic abuse line up very strongly with certain ADHD symptoms - and issues we’re seeing across the entire population.

> getting lots of narcissistic manipulation in their ‘daily diet’

What do you mean by this? I am not agreeing nor disagreeing, I genuinely find this ambiguous.

Social media, advertising, politics, media in general are all checking off the narcissistic manipulation checklist - and it’s been steadily escalating as it loses it’s effectiveness and the Overton window shifts, requiring more and more blatant manipulation.

NPD is all about extracting ‘supply’ and control - supply usually being attention, and control via desired emotional responses. The enemy of NPD is on the ground reality and having to produce fair/equitable results.

In the industry case, the goal is control of supply (attention) and spending (aka buy our stuff, donate money), and votes/power.

For one random venue from my list - walk down it and tell me any of those listed that aren’t doing several of those simultaneously and in an escalating fashion.

https://www.choosingtherapy.com/narcissistic-manipulation-ta...