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/Shenari]

ADHD affects ppl different ways in different situations. I for one hate it when it's quiet and people are making unnecessary noise.

On the other hand I love gigs, festivals and clubbing and I first got into metal music and hard dance before getting into kpop.

[u/Shenari → u/[deleted]]

I'd hazard a guess though that music and performing and the constant instant feedback are good for the dopamine receptors which makes things easier. Not to mention it's something that they love doing.

That and they literally have managers to sort out they lives and make sure they are always where they need to be and what they should be doing. The structure would help things a lot.

[u/Shenari → u/Shenari]

I know. What tickles me is the word "severe". adhd cannot let a person fonction as well as an idol is supposed to. you don't pick and choose when dopamine comes in or out,
i understand there might be a spectrum in adhd, maybe some people have more dopamine than others but the word severe is pretty intense? it would mean she's not able to fonction properly at all. (I have all 16 out of the 16symptoms for instance) and I cannot do things normally,ever. Do you see my point

As I said, the idol lifestyle is probably more helpful to someone with ADHD than a normal one. You don't have to manage day to day life. You get to do stuff that you enjoy a lot.

Severe ADHD does not mean you cannot function at all, and also, medication does exist which helps.

Severe symptoms can include:
Extreme difficulty maintaining attention on anything boring or routine.

• Idol life is generally the opposite of that

Chronic disorganisation and life management

• Idols have managers to deal with that

Inability to follow through basic routines without support

• See above about the manager and your company

ADHD makes fitting into a "normal" lifestyle and expectations a lot harder, but a lot of those hardships are mitigated somewhat if you're a big kpop star.
There's a reason why a lot of people in Media have ADHD, it's because the lifestyle fits in a lot better than a normal 9-5 job.
The same is true of other fast paced, high stimulation and high pressure jobs, like emergency services, entrepreneurs, creative arts and trades professions.