That’s an interesting way of thinking about it. Thanks for sharing!

Personally I think i just have a low bullshit tolerance… what if we are human evolution immune to hyper-normalisation 😉

As they used to say, it’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a sick world.

Thanks for sharing your perspective, Miriam. I think you’re right that ADHD can itself contribute to having other disorders, but I also think there are cases where ADHD and other disorders have shared causes without either disorder “causing” the other. For example, people could use drugs and alcohol to cope with ADHD and self-medicate, as you point out. However, people with ADHD and people prone to substance abuse both tend to process rewards atypically, so it’s also plausible that ADHD and substance abuse share underlying biological or genetic risk factors. So far, research hasn’t settled this question — it’s established that ADHD often occurs with comorbid condition but hasn’t pinpointed the reasons for this. Either way, your point about ADHD precipitating other disorders is important to keep in mind for treatment — for example, a lot of people with ADHD+depression will find that treating ADHD is the only way to improve the depression and that treating the depression by itself doesn’t do much.