Understanding ADHD and Neurodiversity: A Personal Journey

Life long ADHD person here. ( was diagnosed at age 5. Now nearly 30. ) Neurodivergent is, to simply put it, a made up tik tok trend. In my 25 years of treatment/therapy has any doctor/specialist/therapist ever mentioned anything about it. ADHD and similar mental illnesses/neurological disorders have become somewhat of “internet trends” over the past few years. People have even gone as far as to fake symptoms for views. Unless an actual doctor/specialist/therapist has told you about this, just chalk it up to the internet being the internet.

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So neurodivergent just means our brains work differently. Chasing the dopamine is what a lot of adhd people do. It just means we tend to pick up hobbies and interests very quickly and be excited about them, but grow bored just as fast.