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Originally Posted by royksopp
It's too bad you feel that way Simcha. I've actually found the opposite: recently I was on a trip with a friend of my sister's who fits the very definition of ADHD. She's a lot of fun to be around, but she would do these things that totally perplexed and angered my sister. It didn't bother me much though, because I understood a bit more where she was coming from. And I could see that- like a lot of ADDers- she wasn't aware of the effects her actions were having. Maybe that view will change after a few years, but right now I feel a bit more compassion.
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Fitting the definition of ADHD according to you, or was she diagnosed with ADHD? Other people cannot diagnose ADHD other than a licensed health professional.
ADHD is
NOT a disorder that ONLY expresses itself externally as some sort of a behavioral disorder that "bothers" other people.
Imagine what it is like to not be understood by others, or to express yourself, your thoughts, your emotions--to your peers or other people in general? Do you know what it is like to have your thoughts going at the speed of light, so fast and ahead of the subject at hand that they cannot be expressed coherently? Can you sleep at night, or does the inability to turn your mind off prevent you from doing so as it does with ADHD?
I'm happy you feel compassion, but are you implying that by my statement I somehow DON'T feel compassion? I sincerely hope you aren't because that would be not only caustic, but inaccurate at best.