First, thank you for sharing your perspective, which I find valuable and fully agree with.
Second, thank you for putting in the time and effort to write a detailed response that directly addresses the point, as well as sharing your personal experience.
Third, I'm so glad you finally got help, and no longer need to live your life in the hard/nightmare mode.
Fourth, I really wish everyone here read your comment, because it illuminates both why there many undiagnosed adults out there, and why getting the diagnosis (and getting over the stigma) is so hard.
And finally, it seems like writing comments of this type (much longer then average, very detailed, huge in scope, with every claim backed by either reference, personal experience, or both) is a neurodivergent trait. I feel like ADHD in particular makes one used to fact-checking themselves (because memory is unreliable), and presenting information with context that illustrates why you do know what you think you know (leading with personal experience) — since that's the way you'd want it yourself.
Second, thank you for putting in the time and effort to write a detailed response that directly addresses the point, as well as sharing your personal experience.
Third, I'm so glad you finally got help, and no longer need to live your life in the hard/nightmare mode.
Fourth, I really wish everyone here read your comment, because it illuminates both why there many undiagnosed adults out there, and why getting the diagnosis (and getting over the stigma) is so hard.
And finally, it seems like writing comments of this type (much longer then average, very detailed, huge in scope, with every claim backed by either reference, personal experience, or both) is a neurodivergent trait. I feel like ADHD in particular makes one used to fact-checking themselves (because memory is unreliable), and presenting information with context that illustrates why you do know what you think you know (leading with personal experience) — since that's the way you'd want it yourself.
Happy to see comments like this on HackerNews!