librechad@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoIs ADHD over diagnosed?message-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down121
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareIs ADHD over diagnosed?librechad@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squaredosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizzalinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down7·1 year agoDefinitely. A lot of kids that used to be called “very lively” back when I was in school are diagnosed with ADHD or similar conditions nowadays even if there’s nothing wrong with them.
minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoWe also used to call PTSD “shell shock” even though you don’t have to go to war to be affected. Science and medicine change and improve over time.
minus-squareshapesandstuff@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago A lot of kids that used to be called “very lively” back when I was in school Just like mania was “hysteria” and crippling suicidal depression was “a rut” or its victim “less of a man”.
minus-squaredannoffs@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoAnd all of those people in the past who were “really into trains”
Definitely. A lot of kids that used to be called “very lively” back when I was in school are diagnosed with ADHD or similar conditions nowadays even if there’s nothing wrong with them.
We also used to call PTSD “shell shock” even though you don’t have to go to war to be affected. Science and medicine change and improve over time.
Just like mania was “hysteria” and crippling suicidal depression was “a rut” or its victim “less of a man”.
And all of those people in the past who were “really into trains”