• @[email protected]
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    55 months ago

    People are downvoting you, but I think you are on to something.

    My parents and grandparents are/were quite similar to me, but never diagnosed. It wouldn’t surprise me if a few of them also have/had ADHD.

    That said, without therapy or medication I noticed that they learned to just plough through. That was their coping strategy. It isn’t 100% successful, but it was what they had.

    I also think the distractions of modern life don’t help. With smartphones, the internet, games and streaming services - there are just so many distractions that make life harder.

    Perhaps “ploughing through” would work better without all the distractions.

    • @SchmidtGenetics
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      5 months ago

      They just drank and smoked instead, those are just different coping mechanisms after all.

      • @[email protected]
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        05 months ago

        My parents and grandparents neither smoked nor drunk. Only one grandparent was a light pipe smoker.