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I'm so old now I don't even think about it. I just want my rx's and go about my "best that I can" life until nothing is going to my plan and then I'm waving a snow shovel stuck in the middle of the road cursing my guts out with not a shred of shame.
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They probably just look outside and say, "Oh, its her again."
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If you want to argue with the DSM, go right ahead. It is the benchmark and standard, after all. It changes nothing, save the evidence you are choosing willfully to not engage with reality. You can do that if you like, but isn't ADHD enough of a challenge already? This is most definitely a matter of fact, and not one of opinion. What part of "by definition" are you failing to understand? I mean, there's nothing personal here. This is just what the book says. There's no arguing that, unless you are the type to tilt at windmills. I have to accept and live with it too, my desire to pretend otherwise notwithstanding. Best to You, Ian
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The purpose of the DSM is to point out the challenges faced with disabilities and disorders. Not to point out any possible benefits. But nowhere in the DSM does it state that there are no benefits, it just doesn't make any mention of whether there are any or not, because that's not the purpose of it.
Just because the benefits aren't laid out on a piece of paper, doesn't mean there aren't any. If you can actually point to any scientifically proven facts that show that there are no benefits whatsoever, then i'd give that point of view greater credibility. |
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In any event, assertions made without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. Good Luck, Ian
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I'm not sure my ADHD has any advantages, but one good thing that resulted from ADHD is that I've met my husband because we both found each other on these forums – which wouldn't of happened if we both didn't have ADHD.
I guess us both having strong emotions from ADHD also makes us love each other extra strong. And we have extra understanding and compassion and we don't blame or judge the other when the other has problems caused by the disorder. (One of our things that we strive for and embrace is a blame-free relationship) I think us both having ADHD is one thing that helps us click so well.
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That's not what I said. I said that the overwhelming majority of "normal" people (and I use that in quotes because I dislike the term) don't produce art. The vast majority of people with ADHD don't produce art either. Sorry, I don't have stats available here. I do get the sense that ADHD (as well as other mental conditions like bipolar disorder) are over-represented in the arts, just based on people that I know, but nope, I don't have stats to back me up on that, sorry. Also, please stop misattributing arguments to me.
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I'm not sure what the confusion is about. Artists probably are a small number of any demographic, but it did sound like you were saying that more people with mental disorders produce art than "normal" people do. Thanks for clarifying that neither group seems to have an advantage in the field of the arts.
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No you didn't. You quoted half of what I said.
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There are none.
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I bolded the whole sentence, but didn't put the whole thing into quotes in my question.
I feel that you're being nit-picky about it. Clearly I understood what you were saying, and I think you probably understood what I was asking. You did clarify your statement that neither group has a marked advantage in the field of the arts. So I'm happy to let this go now. I hope you are too.
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![]() Please make sure not to mention anything that a non-ADHD person could also have - keep it to things that are only available to us who do have ADHD.
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Take Autism for example, there is no mention in the DSM about having great logical arithmetic skills or the ability to recognize patterns in things that most people can't. But it's a well established fact that most people with Autism possess these kind of abilities. But they aren't considered "symptoms" so they aren't mentioned in the DSM. I think people understand full well what i'm talking about, but are just looking for an argument in a place where there really isn't one. So i'm not going to be drawn into this any further. |
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