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by noindiecred
1366 days ago
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Oh look, someone else with strange opinions about ADHD! I’m glad that I am able to receive treatment for it - yes, thanks to pharmaceuticals, which the author disdains, but also thanks to evidence-based cognitive behavior therapy and self knowledge. It looks like the author hasn’t done quite enough of the listening to others with ADHD that he pays
himself on the back for doing. My symptoms were interfering with my relationship with my spouse and keeping me from being an effective parent to our child. So instead of seeking treatment I should have just… stopped loving capitalism so much? |
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The major point of the piece is that the hyper commodification of attention has created a techno-social order that does not accommodate the type of beings that we are. And when we fail to fulfill the demands of capitalism, that is pathologized as an individual disorder.
He also clarifies that the frameworks presented aren't all encompassing
> I’ve learned in listening to others tell their stories over the years that however thick or compelling the theoretical framework may be, it will not account for all of the nuances and idiosyncrasies of human experience.
His arguments are not about the individual, but about the systems that create and exacerbate psychological differences, pathologize those differences, and then commodify their "cures".
It doesn't matter if you love or hate capitalism. You're subjected to it regardless.