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You know I've not been diagnosed but I relate to practically every post in this community and now it makes me wonder. No insurance to see a professional about it though.
Nearly every post I've seen is not only applicable to me, but my wife, friends and family.
So either these aren't things unique to the ADHD experience or everyone I know has ADHD.
It's a common issue in psychological and medical circle's that you can self diagnose as having things when learning about symptoms for the first time.
Usually the difference is "everyone does this from time to time... People with syndrome Z, do this all the time"
For example, everyone is late to things or loses their phone/wallet occasionally... I lose my phone Almost daily and am more often late that not, even when I prepare well in advance.
I get what you are saying, and I don't mean to trivialize ADHD or anyone's experience. I just feel that many opinions and experiences I've seen here are common occurrences to me and most people I know. It's impossible to judge how frequent or distressing each of them are to anyone who is suffering due to them. In my experience nearly everything posted here is a not a "that happens once in a while" but a "yes that is a thing humans do."
I think since everyone who has ADHD only knows what it is like to have ADHD many silly things everybody experiences are seen as a result of ADHD. Like giving up on a comment while posting it.
Once again, I have no way of judging how impactful, frequent and distressing any behavior is for another person, nor do I think there is benefit in doing so. I just believe that much of content I've seen here is not unique to ADHD people.