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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How is clarifying the difference between normal things that people do and a disorder where it happens far more frequently and impacts their lives gatekeeping?

[–] Toto@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Go have ADHD and be happy. Why would someone need to judge others about their lives to qualify their own? ADHD isn’t a relative term.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

Guess disorder is a meaningless term then.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

How is this post judging anyone else? It’s about other people who don’t understand ADHD judging us and basically saying that we don’t have this disorder we have.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, you're keeping the gate in a direct sense. Not all gatekeeping is undesirable to all people.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The usage of gatekeeping in this context is always negative.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe gatekeeping isn't a positive thing to spend your energy on.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

Maybe you don't know what the word gatekeeping means.