> why are we seeing an explosion of of "muh adhd"? unironically trauma. one of the reasons psychiatry is fake and gay is because so many of the symptoms overlap. we traumatize children with clownworld and then cover it up by diagnosing them with something more benign. growing up in recent generations meant not being able to trust anyone. the teachers would lie to you and never help you. the rules only ever constrained you, but were ignored when those rules would help you. you have the internet, an experience which prior generations could only come close to with literal drug trips. you have things staying online forever and 10 seconds of doing or saying something dumb will permanently ruin your life, so you're constantly on the edge. you were probably sheltered from the world while still exposed to all its evils, and extremely isolated for long periods of time. your parents are probably divorced or hate each other, and you haven't even seen what a good family looks like so even the concept of love, family, or trust is something you've heard of but never felt. as an adult these are tough things to deal with. now imagine people going through it from 5 - 17. if you look at the symptoms of ptsd, it's not dissimilar from adhd, autism, etc. also the homogenization of culture doesn't allow for individual personalities. there is only one truth and one good, so everyone should be neatly packed in a mold. they can have hobbies (but can't like them too much). since individuality is seen as a moral failure or intellectual failure, the only ways to get it back are (1) through dumb stuff like tattoos and hair colors, or (2) to play into it and use mental illnesses to allow for personality quirks. since you get victim status from this, you're essentially allowed to act however you'd like. you even get power over other people because they are "bad people" for not being able to understand and accommodate you.
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