Someone just posted on Twitter, describing his "ADHD girlfriend". He's taken the post down, so I'll summarise.
She is hurt by a hasty, brief text. Is convinced the relationship is over. This is, according to the poster, "Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria". She seems to "overreact", but that's just her. "Her nervous system has no middle setting." And she feels guilty about "forgetting, cancelling, saying the wrong thing".
Are all deviations from the norm now "ADHD"? In the 70s we'd have called such a person "insecure" or "neurotic" or "oversensitive" or "easily hurt". We'd have said they had "low self-esteem". If this was you, you were supposed to fix yourself. "Grow a thicker skin." "Get therapy."
"Neurosis is an outmoded term for a broad category of mental health issues characterized by chronic emotional distress, anxiety or depression," says Google AI. In the 70s we accused each other of being neurotic all day long. I'm so glad it's outmoded. (See the diagram above: it's an easy guide to what society requires of you.)
The individuals were always talked about in isolation. I wonder why the woman described feels so guilty? When people feel hurt it's usually because others are hurting them, or have hurt them. Never mind the current terminology, be excellent to each other, dudes.
