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Especially when you don’t have the hyperactivity part (used to be ADD, now it’s ADHD - inattentive type), this makes so much sense as to why I was just called lazy and sensitive as a kid and teenager. Getting diagnosed in my late 20s made so many things make sense in hindsight.
Can you expand on the lazy and sensitive parts? :)
Oh, sure! The other comments did a pretty good job of explaining things. In my case, I struggled a lot with procrastination and getting sidetracked easily, which led to the lazy descriptor. And as for the sensitive, I tend to feel my emotions strongly and quickly, and I also have rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), so I tend to easily assume I’m being socially rejected
A better name for the syndrome would be Executive Function Disorder. Executive Function is the term used to describe the ability to exercise agency and rational judgement when making decisions. Disorders of executive function leave a person having difficulty not responding impulsively. This affects attention; what I decide to pay attention to, and how long I hold my attention there, and it also affects emotional expression, how well I maintain an even keel and exercise control over how strongly my emotions become and how they influence my behavior. In ADHD people have difficulty deciding where their attention will go and also tend to be more emotionally labile. Shame sensitivity is frequently reported.
Most disorders/diseases are too complex to have a short name that accuratley describes what they are so I don’t think a disorder being ‘poorly’ named is that big of a deal.
At least come up with a fancy word for it like Wombleypoos or something
And add colours and levels for extra flavour.
They are diagnosed with Green Level 3 Wombleypoos, just keep them away from the level 2’s to avoid the floop scenario!
It should be called Executive Dysfunction, but I don’t really want to tell people “I have ED”
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The joke is ED typically stands for Erectile Dysfunction
Call it executive malfunction disorder
i usually explain that it should be read as attention-(deficit/hyperactive) disorder
This is one case where introducing logical operators into written language could be helpful.
Ex. Attention (Deficit || Hyperactivity) Disorder.
