Why does every second person think they have adhd

Everywhere I go every second person has adhd, if you go on reddit every post is about their adhd. I genuinely don’t believe this many people have broken brains. Some people are animated, spirited, have creative wild minds and are not suppose to be steady, focused, rote or rational. Also I think the younger generation have grown up online and have because of it have withering spans of attention. Really tired of every second person claiming adhd.

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Rolexeo · 26-30, M

Autism and adhd are overdiagnosed. Adhd cause nobody has an attention span anymore due to social media and because boys acting out in class cause it's an unnatural enviornment for them are ostracized by these Karen social worker teachers and put on meds so they calm down. As for autism, everyone is chronically online and it's making us socially awkward/anxious.

graphite · 61-69, M

@Rolexeo Absolutely. The whole planet is autistic now, we're being led to believe.

SW-User

@Rolexeo Nailed it. What we really should be concentrating on is what social media is doing to our brains.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@Rolexeo I thought it took much more than being socially awkward to be diagnosed with autism. What about sensory issues? The only guy I met that claimed to be diagnosed with autism didn't show any signs of being socially awkward but he couldn't eat vegetables. He said his throat would instantly close up and he would choke.

revenant · F

@Rolexeo you nailed it.

Rolexeo · 26-30, M

@SW-User Social isolation, depression, lack of community, and feelings of inferiority from comparing yourself to others, body dysmorphia, suicide, etc. It's a real problem.

Rolexeo · 26-30, M

@CrazyMusicLover It's a spectrum, you just have to tick off a certain amount of boxes to be diagnosed as such.

SW-User

@Rolexeo It really is, far more than we realize. And quite documented too.