• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    3 days ago

    Exactly.

    Sure many ADHD traits are occasionally experience by non-neurodivergent people,

    They key is “occasionally” - for someone with ADHD these traits are pretty much constant, never go away. Medication and practice may reduce their impact, and you may find ways to mitigate/compensate, but the underlying trait is always there, waiting for you to become complacent.

    A neurotypical person rarely understands how much effort is put in just for something mundane.

    • sfled@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      Wait, are you saying that reconciling my checking account while two unrelated trains of thought (accompanied by a random song) run through my head is not something that everyone deals with?\s