• dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza
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    1 year ago

    Definitely. A lot of kids that used to be called “very lively” back when I was in school are diagnosed with ADHD or similar conditions nowadays even if there’s nothing wrong with them.

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      1 year ago

      A lot of kids that used to be called “very lively” back when I was in school

      Just like mania was “hysteria” and crippling suicidal depression was “a rut” or its victim “less of a man”.

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      1 year ago

      We also used to call PTSD “shell shock” even though you don’t have to go to war to be affected. Science and medicine change and improve over time.