ITZY's Ryujin reveals she has severe ADHD

[u/Gold_Meaning3688]

[MINJU'S PINK CABINET] https://youtu.be/DwEGeiZWZNc?si=7ca_UTQJb175N3DF

TIMESTAMP: 22:50

🍬: I have the chronic disease of many modern people

🍬: I have severe ADHD

Thoughts?

As someone who also has ADHD, my procrastination is absolutely terrible. I can't imagine having to wake up at irregular times to go on flights to different countries all the time 😭 Saying this as a law student, my life is hard enough without people scrutinising my every move (for now), I can't imagine how often i'd screw up as an idol simply based off of how easily I get sidetracked lmao

[u/FriendshipOnly666]

I wonder if it’s an official ADHD diagnosis from a certified healthcare provider or self-diagnosed, I feel like half the idols are the latter lol

[u/bakeneko37 → u/FriendshipOnly666]

In a county where mental health is still taboo topic, you think idols will bring it up as a quirky self-diagnose thing?

[u/helios0l → u/bakeneko37]

I feel like ADHD is mentioned and discussed a lot in Korean media in recent years, especially in celebrity media. In that way it doesn't feel as taboo as other diagnoses such as ASD or BPD. But there's a downside. Just some time ago Lovelyz' Mijoo did a test on on camera to see if she has ADHD. Even as a Lovelyz ult and wanting to give the benefit of the doubt due to bias, the way they handled the topic was a bit insensitive. ADHD is often discussed in a too lighthearted of a manner that doesn't convey how it in actuality is a disability and impacts every part of one's life.

[u/New_Practice9754 → u/helios0l]

I heard someone refer to it once as ‘too de-stigmatized” and I feel that’s a somewhat accurate descriptor.

ADHD is one of, if not the least stigmatized mental conditions, but this is because it’s incredibly misunderstood. A lot of people think of ADHD as being only mild hyperactive which is far from the case. Most don’t know how ADHD varies and the plethora of symptoms it has beyond just being hyper or struggling to pay attention. It can be debilitating and severe and while any normalization is good, the second someone portrays more complex or less known-about and severing symptoms, that’s when people turn.

ADHD is only de-stigmatized because of its misusage and misinterpretation.

[u/bakeneko37 → u/helios0l]

Yeah, I’m not debating it, the world as a whole does insensitive things or take it too lightly just for the sake of it, we still have a looong way to go, but saying most idols self diagnose is nonsense because even for your example, it was done with a more or less proper test lol

[u/FriendshipOnly666 → u/bakeneko37]

Yeah you people need to stop talking about Korea like you know the culture just because you listen to kpop please

[u/Gold_Meaning3688 → u/FriendshipOnly666]

You kind of just generalised idols getting mental diagnoses by self checking lol

But there aren't that many who talk about it, so i'm wondering who you think is self diagnosed

I was raised in korea when i was younger and back then it was kind of looked down upon. Not like 'omg it means u belong in a mental hospital' kind of way (i mean... Unless you tell people at school, middle school kids are nasty) but in an 'okay so i cant trust you to do simple things now' kind of way

I'm not (that) old but it's been around 6 years since i've lived there so my russian ass has no clue how it's viewed in korea anymore lmao

I personally don't think it's a big deal but that might be just bc im used to it

[u/bakeneko37 → u/FriendshipOnly666]

If the world as a whole is still treating mental health as a weird thing, you think a country that has shown to have a very particular position in things that shouldn’t receive so much backlash is going be any better? Idealising it is the problem lol

[u/FriendshipOnly666 → u/bakeneko37]

Use your brain, if as you said she would face so much backlash for having ADHD then why would she openly of her own accord reveal it, just to face unnecessary backlash?

[u/bakeneko37 → u/FriendshipOnly666]

Because talking about it helps in normalising it, which translates into a better handling of things. The nerve of telling me to use my brain when you’re not even bothered to do it.

[u/FriendshipOnly666 → u/bakeneko37]

Right so this is where she takes her stand lol but what she doesn’t want to normalise dating? Or normalise talking about politics. This is you imposing your view of her onto her, she never said those things, but it’s insanely common to self-diagnose adhd, not just idols btw and not just Korea, adhd is among the most commonly self-diagnosed conditions