Jordan Peterson Wonders - Is ADHD Even Real?

Is ADHD Overdiagnosed?

Are Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) a myth?

Doctor Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist, philosopher, and former professor at the University of Toronto, has also supported this viewpoint and he may actually be right.

I feel bad speaking bluntly about this topic. I know numerous students and people in my personal life who have been diagnosed with this ailment.

But clearly, there’s more to this topic than meets the eye.

Peterson has sometimes appeared to dance around his criticism of ADD and ADHD diagnoses in the general population. The reason for this could be that we are still discovering the truth about this topic.

Pay attention to about 1:45 in the video below where Peterson says people who are diagnosed with ADHD tend to be low in agreeableness, conscientiousness, and high in neuroticism. Isn’t that interesting? We actually know personality type is common amongst people diagnosed with this illness. He says if that’s your type, “you’re more likely to manifest symptoms of ADHD. It’s because you’re exploratory, you don’t like to sit down, you’re full of ideas, your attention scatters across a wide variety of topics, and you’re not very stable. Tempermental variation. It’s also much more common among boys.”

Peterson is also a bit critical of public schools and their lack of attention to play. It’s a little depressing to know that the solution might simply be engaging in more play at younger ages. But, I have optimism as well that the more we know the more we are able to make positive changes. It should be obvious at this point that people (especially kids) are not made to sit still for 6 to 8 hours per day.

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