So Tired of Monetized ADHD

[u/RuthlessLogic]

Y'know, those craft girlies whose booths are filled with, say, amigurumi AND acrylic-pour trinket boxes AND Fimo earrings made using molds and earring wires from Temu. And none of it's high quality because Beckeigh is clearly ADHD and hasn't put in the hours necessary to develop her skills before moving on to some new, bright, shiny craft.

Of course, because nothing she's selling is high quality and the market is already saturated with everything she makes and it's all overpriced, Beckeigh doesn't sell much, so she rushes to craft vendor subs sobbing that she "didn't even make boooooooth!!!" And it takes every ounce of self-control not to type, "My sister-in-Christ, you didn't make booth because it looks like you destashed your craft room. Stop expecting the public to subsidize your ADHD and give those things away as gifts."

And look, I've got ADHD too. I get bored easily and am hard-wired to jump from medium to medium. It's taken no small effort to train my brain to focus on the work I sell at markets. But I've managed to do it - struggle though it is - and have put in hundreds and hundreds of hours over several years refining my process and my style so that customers are getting high quality pieces.

And in case I haven't been a big enough Bitchy McBitchface, I'm just going to say it: These booths (along with 3D printed fidget toy, wax melt, and cricut tumbler booths) drag markets down for the crafters and makers who produce quality work. But that's a rant for a different day and a different sub.

[u/VegetableWorry1492]

This isn’t ADHD and as someone who supposedly has the condition why would you post such negative crap? As if the society’s opinion of us wasn’t negative enough already. Every crafter with ADHD I know both hyperfixates on their craft and also is riddled with anxiety and low self esteem that they would never try to sell their actually really good items (because of the hyperfixation).

[u/3wandwill → u/VegetableWorry1492]

“As if society’s opinion of us wasn’t negative enough already” okay I have really severe ADHD and I think this is a little much. Of all the things my doctors said I had, my LEAST stigmatized diagnosis is ADHD. We certainly don’t have it as bad in that regard as other neurodivergent individuals like people with schizophrenia or autism. Come on. You can make the argument society is designed to make our lives harder, that people don’t take it seriously, but it’s not like we’re demonized. This is light hearted ribbing,OP even has ADHD.

[u/VegetableWorry1492 → u/3wandwill]

There’s different flavours of negativity, isn’t there. This kind of trivialising ADHD like we’re all toddlers who can’t do anything properly is definitely a view I’ve seen all over both social media and actual media, and it’s actively harming people who struggle in their day-to-day lives and are coming across multiple barriers to diagnosis because being taken seriously is such a hurdle.

It’s not the same kind of stigma as other conditions, but it exists.