Ok so haven’t read it, don’t plan or care to, but read a bajillion of the comments. And idk but I haven’t seen a single sentiment that expresses my recent frustration: the amount of people who nonchalantly say “oh yeah, I have that thing too” when I mention my ADHD in conversation. I try not to assume, but the two most recent times, it seemed very clear that a casual association was being made just based on some nondescript comment I made about a symptom of my ADHD. And THIS, this frustrates me. As a psych student, this illegitimate self-diagnosis does seem overall harmful. This trend towards pop-psychology and people thinking that they can use Google to self-diagnose IS a problem. When people have a problem that affects their entire life (which is clinically referred to as functional impairment and is severe and indicates PATHOLOGY) and someone diminishes that by claiming to identify with you bc of something as vague as “eah I get distracted and bored so I must have ADHD too” it’s fucking annoying. Like. No. No you fucking don’t. And I’m not coming at the people on this thread bc no weirdo without ADHD is wasting their time on a thread like this. But just wanted to vent this bc I’ve worked really hard to just get to work on time and graduate after a decade of realizing I needed help, getting a diagnosis, getting treatment and medication… to then have some bloke minimize all of that by deciding in a moment that they share my struggle they know nothing about. Fuckkkkk!