[kayodelycaon]

Having mental disabilities and being frequently punished for them is counterproductive.

A lot of ADHD symptoms are identical to lack of maturity or laziness. In my case, being punished for inability to pay attention after school, frequently forgetting things (1), or failing to think about the long term consequences of my actions in the moment was incredibly damaging.

It’s little different from punishing a kid who is missing a leg for “slacking off” in gym class.

1: On top Of ADHD, my mom had and her mom had short-term memory issues due to lacking sufficient enzymes to process folic acid. Me having the same genetic short-term memory issues was treated as laziness by my parents.

[andai]

How'd you determine the folic acid thing, is that common? My memory is awful (and I have various strange conditions mental and physical), I'm thinking I might benefit from some genetic testing.

[kayodelycaon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylenetetrahydrofolate_redu...

For me, this is fixed by an L-Methylfolate supplement at a dosage of 15mg/day.