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Wait so are ADD and ADHD the same thing?
https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/add-vs-adhd
"ADD is a type of ADHD that doesn't involve constant movement and fidgeting. But it's a blurry distinction."
Both are synonyms for "boy".
@billstclair @Kranko I just wrote a thread about my experience with ADD/ADHD behaviors here (https://qoto.org/@realcaseyrollins/102933119144475808) but yes, another thing Peterson was saying with that ADD/ADHD behaviors are far more common in boys than they are in girls.
The proper treatment for AD[H]D is sending the (usually) boy outside to play, excusing him from the classroom until he's ready to sit still, which may be a number of years.
@billstclair @Kranko Yeah. The summary for how I "grew out of it" so to speak was basically switching to homeschooling after being in private school, which cut down on my "class time" so by lunch I'd be done with school, so I'd spend my whole day playing outside with my brother, playing video games or playing with toy cars.
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@realcaseyrollins ADHD is the medical term ADD is the old term no longer used. There are subtypes to make the distinction now. If you are ADHD without hyperactivity you are "ADHD, Inattentive sub-type" but despite the lack of hyperactivity the H is still attached to the name
No matter what you call it, it still means only that the patient is a normal boy, or a slightly atypical girl.
I'm not sure I'd say typical, but i do agree that in the vast majority of cases it doesnt need treatment or to be seen as a disability or disease.
I'd say its more accurate to claim it is an aspect to many peoples personality for better and for worse and is a natural part of the variation people hav ementally. It only needs treatment in extreme cases usually IMO
@realcaseyrollins By the way the ADHD designation for all sutypes has been the case for about 23 years now or so which is when it changed.
@freemo @realcaseyrollins Yeah, when I was first diagnosed it was still ADD/ADHD.
But that was in like 1994.
I was diagnosed about 26 - 23 years ago which was when i recall distinctly asking the doctors about the naming and subtypes. I was a very curious and smart kid.
@freemo @realcaseyrollins I certainly didn't ask those questions as a kid.
@realcaseyrollins nowadays they dont consider them separate anymore and just label it all as different types of adhd (inattentive type or hyperactive type)
@realcaseyrollins jsyk the real main symptom of what they call adhd is going suicidal at the slightest criticism (rejection sensitive dysphoria) its just that our society is structured by satan to revolve around wasting our chance at eternity for magic pieces of paper and so psychologists define it in terms of a disability that hampers getting those pieces of paper
@realcaseyrollins no