Another example: JaeJae was promoting chocolate and held a piece between two fingers - that was taken as clearly a sign of her hate for all men.

Well yes, that’s what’s happening in the brain. I was more talking about the reason why kids might feel the need to passively consume for hours in the first place.

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I still do not understand the insistence on having Adam grow up on Earth. Who asked for this?

I wish anglophones wouldn’t waste precious space between the individual parts of their words.

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One might argue in favour of StreitKräfte.

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Edit: ah, too slow.

That was a bubble bath with candles and wine thought.

Again, I don’t agree that it is and I don’t know how the notion that the drugs’ effect isn’t permanent is relevant. But okay, what is ADHD instead of a chemical imbalance?

You said that the effect of drugs doesn’t last after stopping them. I don’t know what that has to do with anything and I’m asking you to elaborate.

In most cases, I guess. So? What are we arguing here? That ADHD can’t be “cured”? Sure. But it can be managed and some people profit from learning how to self-regulate, possibly because their life circumstances are beneficial, others need the store-bought help.

I’m not a medical professional but based on what I’ve read (and experienced), I don’t agree that it is. Both usually work best in tandem.

Yes. “Just” a misbalance in dopamine levels in the brain. Dopamine reuptake is too quick, there’s too little dopamine available, so the brain’s reward centre doesn’t activate properly. That’s pretty much what they’re saying. Drugs can inhibit the reuptake, making more dopamine available longer.

Maybe for it manifesting. There are certainly very lucky people who grow up and live in environments that just so happen to not clash with them and who never even think they may have a neurodivergence.

It’s still not exactly nice to have that be the first thing you say to a person.

Since medication and therapy can help, getting a diagnosis makes sense. ADHD is unfortunately not just a different way to think.

Which part of that are you saying is outdated?

Consumers are advised to …

Consumers are advised to check whether tea bags in their region are even made of these materials.

Edit: Also, “billions”? The cookie warning is borked on the foodandwine.com article so I can’t read it but: https://www.dpa-international.com/trends-and-features/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:250109-99-540705/ “Tea bags releasing ‘millions’ of microplastics into tea, study shows” - where does that difference come from?

“The quiet girl who is clearly not stupid and reads A LOT but has trouble organising herself will be fine, she’ll be able to sort herself out, especially with the help of her parents who are both teachers - no cause for concern here, there are kids who very obviously need more help.”

• my teachers, probably, in the late 80s and 90s.

I don’t exactly blame them, there really were kids who needed all their attention so I fell through the cracks.

“Having an influence” and “causing” are two different things. You seem to imply that what mum eats during pregnancy might directly cause the kid to have ADHD.

I mean, I wouldn’t want her either. But good for her.

Same. It just screams “feed me ALL your time!”