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- Oct 6, 2016
Actual real-for-real ADD is a legitimate mental handicap --a developmental disorder rather than mental illness but it is a handicap; in people with genuine real ADD the frontal lobe of the brain, responsible for executive planning, motivation, decision making, focus, and things like impulse control and the ability to organize tasks--that part of the brain is under-developed and if you were to look at the brain itself it would be smaller compared to people who dont have the condition. There are some studies saying that it is a developmental disorder rather than mental illness because it is a matter of growing out of the disease and that by the mid-20s to the 30s, the brain has developed further and that portion is not as small.
Wanting to have some societal disorder to make up for your lack of personality or because you think it's just quirky and cute; it's kinda shitty. It does hinder your life. Its not fun. ADD dudes are weird and have fewer friends, are flakey and forgetful, clumsy and uncoordinated, frantic and anxious, and often dont finish college. Its not something that gives you oppression points, and it doesnt add anything to you--it takes away. You can have some quirky mental disease and still not be an interesting person, or have a ton of personality. Your quality of life, measured against "normal" people, is much worse.
I could sperg more about this but it's major powerleveling and nobody gives a fuck.
Um, I guess, yeah, fidgeting is something you do subconsciously that does help the other part of your brain focus, I brought silly putty to school and would just roll it around and fuck with it in class when we had to do assigned reading or whatever, and only one teacher made a big deal out of it, it's better than constantly drumming your fingers or tapping that little button that pens have that clicks the pen in and out, but... Couldnt you just put a paperclip around a pencil and swirl that around? Or toss something up and down in your hand? Get one of those stress dolls where the eyeballs pop out and fidget with that?
Fidget spinners, I thought they looked like they might be kinda fun, but it's not something you're like, constantly using. It really is one of those "office toys" where it helps you bring on like a meditative state and keeps you focused because youre using both parts of your brain and consciousness, except you arent going "Ohmmmmmm" and being obnoxious.
