I’m actually writing a book on this. Take RSD, the new darling of ADHD “influencers”, for example: the concept that fear of rejection is an ADHD trait, and that non ADHD people ignore rejection is so preposterous it makes me mad.

Think of the whole sociodynamics of teen and young adulthood, for example, or the billion dollar industries based on catering to people’s fear of rejection. Most people crave acceptance, praise, being valued, etc. We are social animals.

Lots more in the book.

I’m wring the book in spurts of hyper focus, with days or weeks between these, of course. We do have major, objective challenges.

I was explaining to my sister about how my diagnosis, as an older adult, was going, and how it explained many things in my life. She immediately told me she suspects she has it, because she has a short attention span.

She is an elementary school principal, who leads a perfectly organized life, set on a path in her 20’s and has followed it to the letter, she has an insanely well set up financial structure, budgets to the cent, is learning a third language in her spare time, leads a regimented daily schedule, even on weekends and vacations.

Yeah.