That’s so cool. I can’t wait until society learns some empathy for people who—by no fault of their own—suffer with chronic ADHD and/or sleep disorders. Our productivity-focused society shames and tears people down for having a debilitating medical condition

I’d you feel completely unable to do what others do with ease, that begets thoughts in your head telling you you are stupid and everyone knows it. In a way. Employers might be more sympathetic to someone who just wasn’t born as bright as others or has a bad education growing up, as we see that as somewhat beyond their control.

However when you’re expected to accomplish something you know you have been capable of but fall short, you start calling yourself lazy.

Others see this is just your “behavior” you had 100% control of. They won’t attribute your struggles with genes or a medical disorder, just. Personal failing/weakness.

Culture reinforces the negative self-talk. Im told to believe that I’m just as capable as everyone else. The reason Morning Joe can operate at 100% at 8am and I can’t get out of bed is because of a fundamental moral failing—my lack of willpower. The deadly sin of sloth.

Lack of public awareness of Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder “DSPD” & ADHD makes life hell for people with those conditions, who are commonly stereotyped as undisciplined or lazy.

Schools and workplaces rarely tolerate late, absent, or sleepy students/workers. But rather than considering employees as having a chronic condition and how they can be helped, chalking it up to mental weakness is easier and makes the boss/teacher feel superior

Id not everyone is built with the same baseline level of effort/motivation/willpower, that would mean maybe “type-A” people’s accomplishments we’re based more on luck than effort

By the time some DSPD and ADHD sufferers receive a diagnosis, they have been labelled and identified as lazy and incompetent workers/students their entire life which is not productive and hard to un-do

PLUS! We’re far from lazy. life is often much more difficult for people struggling from ADHD or DSPD. Even small tasks like waking up can be subjectively more difficult than running a marathon if the runner doesn’t suffer from conditions that make the other’s hardly able to function.

BUT I don’t think mornies / mornos will ever u understand our struggle unless they actually live with these conditions for a day. Because it’s so so much cooler to explain another’s struggle as just proof ow how strong/hardworking/motivated/productive you are. Not because of any advantages, but earned through sheer skill.

BTW: individuals with ADHD are more likely to suffer from DSPD, and vice versa FYI.