From my a daughter, diagnosed at 28 with ADHD and type 1 Autism:
He makes some valid points, but also some very dangerous ones also.
Because by the sounds of it he’s very much blaming the rise of adhd and autism bc social media and how we are addicted to our phones.
While I agree self diagnoses can most certainly be quite dangerous. It’s also the only way some can really learn and eventually get diagnosed by a professional. If they choose to do so.
But he’s also under minding the fact that studies change. We gain more knowledge as time goes on. Yes misinformation exists and can be very dangerous. But it’s up to the individual a lot of the time do the research into it. Because if you think you have something then you should research it.
There is more studies being done on adhd and autism more now than ever. Because I can guarantee you 20 years ago if you tried to get me diagnosed with adhd I would’ve either been slapped with Asperger’s as a diagnoses or ADD. Or maybe they wouldn’t have been able to pick up on any of it. They might’ve just shrugged it off as me having a active imagination and just needing a bit of extra help.
Comparing stuff to 30+ years ago isn’t helpful in the slightest because everything has changed. And there is still so much we don’t understand about our brains, let alone the female brain.
Hell, there are myths out there that have been out there for hundreds of years that are constantly disproven.
Like the only cavemen men being hunters and gatherers, that’s been disproven. As it was both male and female.
There is so much still to learn especially when it comes to neurodivergency. So it’s honestly articles like his, that are while his intentions are good, they do more harm than good.
And as well fact that there are almost an extra 3 billion people on this earth since 30 years ago. So that also would contribute to why medication is at an all time high.
And covid was the biggest eye opener in so many different ways, because it made people realise that hey, maybe they are different. Maybe the reason they are so burnt out and so exhausted all the time is because they’ve been pretending to be someone they aren’t and breaking away from that is honestly extremely hard. Because Society as a whole demands, so much of you and demands you act a certain way. But we don’t and people are realising for the first time in human history that they don’t have to act the way society says they should. They can do things that make them happy.
Now his own issues with coming out as Bi is completely understandable as bisexuals so often have so much prejudice against them. A lot of the time more so than just people who like the one sex.
I can understand why he might feel that way, but he needs to accept that change is going to happen wether he wants it to happen or not.
A response, on self diagnosis: https://open.substack.com/pub/replyallmen/p/on-self-diagnosis?r=2lfs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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From my a daughter, diagnosed at 28 with ADHD and type 1 Autism:
He makes some valid points, but also some very dangerous ones also.
Because by the sounds of it he’s very much blaming the rise of adhd and autism bc social media and how we are addicted to our phones.
While I agree self diagnoses can most certainly be quite dangerous. It’s also the only way some can really learn and eventually get diagnosed by a professional. If they choose to do so.
But he’s also under minding the fact that studies change. We gain more knowledge as time goes on. Yes misinformation exists and can be very dangerous. But it’s up to the individual a lot of the time do the research into it. Because if you think you have something then you should research it.
There is more studies being done on adhd and autism more now than ever. Because I can guarantee you 20 years ago if you tried to get me diagnosed with adhd I would’ve either been slapped with Asperger’s as a diagnoses or ADD. Or maybe they wouldn’t have been able to pick up on any of it. They might’ve just shrugged it off as me having a active imagination and just needing a bit of extra help.
Comparing stuff to 30+ years ago isn’t helpful in the slightest because everything has changed. And there is still so much we don’t understand about our brains, let alone the female brain.
Hell, there are myths out there that have been out there for hundreds of years that are constantly disproven.
Like the only cavemen men being hunters and gatherers, that’s been disproven. As it was both male and female.
There is so much still to learn especially when it comes to neurodivergency. So it’s honestly articles like his, that are while his intentions are good, they do more harm than good.
And as well fact that there are almost an extra 3 billion people on this earth since 30 years ago. So that also would contribute to why medication is at an all time high.
And covid was the biggest eye opener in so many different ways, because it made people realise that hey, maybe they are different. Maybe the reason they are so burnt out and so exhausted all the time is because they’ve been pretending to be someone they aren’t and breaking away from that is honestly extremely hard. Because Society as a whole demands, so much of you and demands you act a certain way. But we don’t and people are realising for the first time in human history that they don’t have to act the way society says they should. They can do things that make them happy.
Now his own issues with coming out as Bi is completely understandable as bisexuals so often have so much prejudice against them. A lot of the time more so than just people who like the one sex.
I can understand why he might feel that way, but he needs to accept that change is going to happen wether he wants it to happen or not.