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There are so many incurable diseases or mental disorders in this world many people suffer physically, mentally and emmotionally very much their whole lives with very little relief.
In the grand sceme of things having a neurophysiological condition that does not cause you any physical pain and the symptoms can be elimiated or at least greatly reduced with diet, supplements, coaching, applying techniques, educating those around you or medication and in most cases when the right combination of these factors are applied you can actually obtain funtionality and have a good quality of life overall should not be viewed as a bad thing.
If left undiagnosed and untreated and those around you are uneducated however people with ADD can suffer very much in life. What is the drawback of ‘labelling’ yourself and educating those around you so that you can funtion better and have a decent quality of life and be less predisposed to depression, low self esteem, anxiety, addiction issues, criminal involement, accidents, etc…?
So a label of having a disorder might limit your oppertunities in life you say? What about the oppertunities that would be limited by leaving your symptoms untreated (being percieved as careless, disrespectful, clumsy, don’t care enough to remember, not caring enought to listen/pay attention, not right for the job, not the kind of person you want to marry, a bad friend, withdrawn, etc…) and what about the amount of oppertunies that would abound should you get treament and education those around you? (Focused, on task, organized, multitasker, enthusiastic, involved, considerate, caring, thoughtful etc…) and has ADD. (Obviously persaverant, determined, couragous, person who is able to overcome obstacles).
Which person out of the above labels would you rather hire, marry, become friends with, etc..?
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