Yeah definitely the biggest difference between here and reddit and it’s incredible. I love having a place where people don’t use “ADHD” as a pejorative adjective (or OCD, autistic, on the spectrum, etc.). This website has honestly been incredible for undoing a few decades of self hate from unintentionally internalizing being a punch line.

I’m also guilty of using similar things like “alcoholic” in that lens, and that’s something I continuously struggle to not parrot. Especially since I’ve dabbled, so it feels like I have a pass, but all it does is increase the stigma for others - since society loves lumping it into the “personal responsibility” category of illness (obesity/binge eating, etc.). For myself (and undoubtedly others), it’s linked to other neurospiciness; so being able to see that as one more symptom of a larger issue and not a Defining Trait ™️ making me a ontologically bad person, means that I can begin to address the underlying issues leading to that, and not write myself off as irredeemable.

The material analysis around neuroscience that this website has led me to, is just one of the many positive things I’ve learned from the pig balls poop tankie website.