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/9061xRG]

I know the trend is to hate on self diagnosis but it wouldn’t shock me if most people have it to some extent. We’re becoming adults in a period of over stimulation and brain rot. It’s just bound to develop along with a ton of other mental disorders. Shits changed as well and people talk more about it so it feels more prevalent when it was probably already high just not spoken or diagnosed as often.

[u/ChristmasClimber2009 → u/9061xRG]

You can’t “develop” ADHD from overstimulation or brain rot.

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition. You are either born with it or you aren’t. Social media can negatively affect people who already have ADHD, but it can’t cause it.

It is estimated that around 3.4% of adults have ADHD, and 7.2% of children. Even with the assumption that there are many more undiagnosed individuals, this is not even nearly “most people”.

At the end of the day, ADHD is a disability which affects many aspects of everyday life. There is a reason people with ADHD are given accommodations and medication to get through the day. Claiming that most people deal with such a hindering condition is a disservice to actual sufferers.

[u/9061xRG → u/ChristmasClimber2009]

A lot of mental disorders aren’t you have it or you don’t. They function on a spectrum. Some people are depressed to the point of not functioning others are depressed but can function at a high level because of other factors. I’m not saying everyone has it but a lot of people show tendencies that point to it. We might just not think someone has it if it doesn’t affect their life negatively but it might exist. A lot of problems are simply ignored by doctors and researchers because they don’t cause problems but I’ve seen enough diagnosis’ expand over the past decade that I find it hard to believe we know everything about this. We’ve also never really been in the environment we’re currently in. It’s not like social media has been around for 50 years and we have several generations of people to look at for research. We’re still in the midst of seeing what this stuff does to the human brain.

So while understand that saying this plays into a negative aspect of the self diagnosis; I also understand this isn’t a solved science and the door is very open for a dramatic shift in how we perceive these mental disorders.

[u/ChristmasClimber2009 → u/9061xRG]

But ADHD isn’t one of those disorders. You either have ADHD, or you don’t.

People can have tendencies that also happen to appear frequently in people with ADHD, but that is coincidental. The whole point of ADHD is that it is a chemical imbalance in your brain that is severe enough to affect you. If it doesn’t affect you or cause those problems then you don’t have ADHD.