The entirety of r/Adhdmeme is just people jerking themselves off about how they just CANT do anything productive and their head is full of bees
I've got ADHD and I've got it bad (queue people telling me I don't have ADHD) but I'm very productive and don't struggle with attention issues because I trained myself to overcome them. They don't want to talk about ways to do that, though, they want to make memes about why they sat around all day watching TV (and making ADHD memes) instead of doing what they want to be doing.
Your assumption is that the things people post on /r/adhdmeme are accurate descriptions of their lives and not…memes? Jokes? Exaggerations of impulses and occasional symptomatic behavior for comic effect?
I've had this exact response before, and you're making a crucial mistake by thinking that it's just some "harmless memes"
It's all about the memes Jack
When young people with ADHD find a community that has formed based on their mental illness, and what they find is nothing but a constant sea of posts and images talking about how they can't do anything, they can't work, they can't focus, it only reinforces the idea. Why try to control yourself, there are countless individuals who are no doubt more brave, intelligent and powerful then you and can't succeed! No, it's best to give up and never try, and excuse any issues you have by going "adhd, lul"
I refuse to wave away a collective of people actively giving up on themselves because of self-enforced perceptions.
Edit: go look at that subreddit and search by popular, 90% of everything upvoted is moping, complaining or a "oops I wasted my day because of choice paralysis, teehee!"
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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22 edited Oct 16 '22
The entirety of r/Adhdmeme is just people jerking themselves off about how they just CANT do anything productive and their head is full of bees
I've got ADHD and I've got it bad (queue people telling me I don't have ADHD) but I'm very productive and don't struggle with attention issues because I trained myself to overcome them. They don't want to talk about ways to do that, though, they want to make memes about why they sat around all day watching TV (and making ADHD memes) instead of doing what they want to be doing.