ADHD is trending. I've been "diagnosed" with ADHD since I was 12 years old.

It's not a disorder. The disorder exists in a society that bought the lie sitting motionlessly in cubicle farms 8-10 hour per day, 5-6 days per week, 50 weeks a year, is in any way natural or healthy.

ADHD is a label parents and teachers came up with for kids like me who asked too many questions, thought in too many directions, and wouldn't sit still long enough to be properly prepared to toil for starvation wages in work farms owned by the 1%.

I would not be the creative mind I am without this "disorder." I would not have my career. I would not be working on my next set of ambitions. I would not have tried so many things, failing at some, succeeding at many, growing from all, without this "disorder."

This is not to diminish the experiences of people for whom the condition is so extreme it interferes with their lives into adulthood. For them, medication is critically important to level them out and allow them to live happily and productively.

But too often, it's been my experience that ADHD has been slapped on kids who refuse to sit down and shut up, when the truth is we need those kids exactly as they are. Maybe now more than ever.

Seeing a few people who couldn't pay attention long enough to read the entire thread before commenting, which is on brand and I get it entirely.