Are neurological disorders real?

[Bab00n]

Are ADHD and autism legit? Can people just not learn to concentrate and not be weird? What is considered schizophrenia? How do you know you have it or you just notice things you shouldn't be allowed to notice?

 

[AgendaPoster]

Obviously.
You read KF posts you should know that.

 

[Gargamel]

Autism and ADHD are very real.

Schizophrenia is a disorder that makes you think you're a different gender than you actually are. It can also make you hear voices that don't exist. Treatments include Gender Affirming Care, Sex Reassignment Surgery, and various medications.

 

[sweater_supremacy]

yes we have recorded people with disorders producing hormones differently, also you may be interested in the name 'phineas gage'

 

[Bab00n]

'phineas gage'

I was too old when that cartoon came out, but I was a fan of the Doofinschmirch character.

 

[sweater_supremacy]

I was too old when that cartoon came out, but I was a fan of the Doofinschmirch character.

let me put in this int erms a yunnin like you can understand then, the railroad spike was to phineas gage what perry is to doof

 

[Neurotypical Mantis]

adhd has been more recently seen as "a hunter-gatherer brain in an agricultural society". it's like some lineages are still catching up, considering that our existence has been extremely short-lived compared to the rest of life on earth. autism makes you retarded even in a monkey sense though so no clue what's going on there

 

[Moths]

adhd has been more recently seen as "a hunter-gatherer brain in an agricultural society". it's like some lineages are still catching up, considering that our existence has been extremely short-lived compared to the rest of life on earth. autism makes you retarded even in a monkey sense though so no clue what's going on there

I yearn for the spear and the unga bunga

 

[Neurotypical Mantis]

I yearn for the spear and the unga bunga

i think that's called native american idk though

 

[I'm Retarded?]

Can people just not learn to concentrate and not be weird?

honestly I really think about this a lot. I was in a terrible relationship with an insane bitch and sometimes in moments of reverie I'd wonder how much of her behavior is attributable to some kind of physical brain shape and how much is just her being a stupid bitch. is she gaslighting me? is she gaslighting herself? is her insufferable behavior really something she's less equipped to control than I am? what does my impression of "stupid bitch" really describe? I really don't know.

I think about my own feelings in this way too. I have difficulties focusing and staying on task a lot of the time, I rapidly switch between things to keep my brain engaged, and I wonder, is this ADHD brain? but also, I have friends who also claim to have ADHD brain, and they claim things like being psychologically unable to drive stick shift because they can't multitask enough to keep their attention on the road. I don't have any problems driving manual, but I do literally feel physical pain when I'm being bored against my will, not like waiting at the DMV (doesn't bother me much if at all), but more like trying to stay awake during an unentertainingly bad movie (borderline psychological torture). am I just conditioned to be a hypersperg due to unhealthy media consumption habits during my formative years? I feel like a lot of my worst tendencies have been reined as I've aged. is that something I can credit to maturity and discipline? do ADHD people just need to get their shit together? is it somewhere in between? how much is ADHD behavior enabled by treating ADHD as a real thing?

it seems obvious that some people have some kind of serious, uncontrollable brain malfunction going on (schizophrenic behavior is very obviously outside of the realm of normal human behavior). but the inflection point of what constitutes nature (i.e. an inborn condition) vs nurture (i.e. a learned pattern of thought) is murky to the point of being impossible to define. I hate it, and I wish God would ship my fucking technical manual already.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

I think parenting can instill copes for ADHD, like if you’re raised with a really strong sense of routine and all that.

The “spectrum” definition of autism is fucking retarded, since it blurred the line between an actual form of retardation and people who are not particularly socially adept. Not helpful. Most people diagnosed with autism these days are just bad at reading other people, they’re not eerily hollow like Chris Chan. They’re fine.

Schizophrenia is probably related to an autoimmune disorder. Brain scans of schizos show that they develop holes in their brain. Break enough connections and it makes sense that they can’t resolve what’s real and what isn’t

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

No. Epilepsy is fake. That guy erratically breakdancing in traffic just wants attention. Also, broken bones and cancer are also fake.

 

[DankSmoker]

All can be cured with beatings.