EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 7 months agoWho said that?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1404arrow-down1imageWho said that?lemmy.worldEmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoso daydreaming is a coping mechanism that our brains use for boredom. boredom is something people with ADHD experience more frequently. in other words, many daydreamers have ADHD but not all
minus-squareSaddieTheMad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoAlso, cognitive disengagement syndrome or CDS. (It is not recognized yet by the DSM, though).
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYep! CDS is at a weird place. I’ve worked with people who present that way - it’s quite different from ADHD. I think over the years we’re going to reshift some of how we look at ADHD and sister conditions.
minus-squareEmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoI don’t care who recognizes it as a disorder. If it exists, it exists.
so daydreaming is a coping mechanism that our brains use for boredom. boredom is something people with ADHD experience more frequently.
in other words, many daydreamers have ADHD but not all
Also, cognitive disengagement syndrome or CDS. (It is not recognized yet by the DSM, though).
Yep! CDS is at a weird place. I’ve worked with people who present that way - it’s quite different from ADHD. I think over the years we’re going to reshift some of how we look at ADHD and sister conditions.
I don’t care who recognizes it as a disorder. If it exists, it exists.