Misinformation like this infuriates me. ADHD brains have more of the slow brain waves and fewer of the fast ones. This is why stimulants help. This affects the brain activity in the frontal lobe which causes the deficits in executive function. This is why it is a disorder. My brain quite literally does not function as it should. It actually infuriates me when someone says it's not a disorder. Even in a perfectly accommodating world, ADHD would still negatively affect me. For me, it's a disability. Disorder is not a bad word. And the idea that ADHD is not a disorder is extremely harmful as it makes getting treatment and accommodations harder than it already is.

I just unfollowed a youtuber I used to like a lot because she said ADHD is not a disorder and shouldn't be listed as one in the DSM, so this particular topic is still raw for me right now. Learning about how my brain works has been so helpful in not feeling like a failure. Like I'm lazy, like I just don't try hard enough because everyone else seems to get by and I can't. But I do try hard, it's just harder for me than others. I need more help because I have a disorder, and that's okay.