from the country that brought you Drapetomania and Annoying Bitch Syndrome.
Turns out a lot of the DSM is written to Pathologize people who are incompatible with American culture
Cartwright is best known as the inventor of the ‘mental illness’ of drapetomania—the desire of a slave for freedom—and as an outspoken opponent of germ theory.
What a fucking idiot.
lol. When he decided to be wrong, he didnt settle for half-measures.
I find the “Attention deficit” part of it to be pretty apt for myself. Although it’s more of an attention regulation deficit to be more specific. There’s probably worse names out there.
That name is a big part what’s kept me from getting help, because until very recently I drastically misunderstood what ADHD was. “I can’t have this thing. I’m so good at paying attention that I don’t eat or pee all day.”
