Something About ADHD Doesn’t Add Up
Something about ADHD doesn’t add up. And it’s not because people are broken. What if what we’re calling a disorder is actually a nervous system doing its best to survive environments that never let it rest? This question isn’t radical because it dismisses science. It’s radical because it widens the lens . For decades, the dominant conversation around ADHD has focused on deficits: attention, motivation, regulation, productivity. What’s often missing is a deeper inquiry into context . Into conditions . Into what the nervous system has been navigating long before symptoms ever appeared. Because no nervous system exists in a vacuum. A Culture That Never Lets the Body Exhale We live in a culture that: rewards constant stimulation punishes rest normalizes burnout glorifies productivity over presence disrupts sleep, rhythm, and recovery treats exhaustion as a personal failure From an early age, we’re trained to override our internal signals. Hunger, fatigue, bored...