#i dont get NEARLY the same level of physiological reward!! which makes doing the hard thing even LESS appealing!!!
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this explanation sucks so badly it makes me so mad i had to rant in the tags. if you dont care dont open them lmao its long
#sorry to both op and the person im rbing this from for this rant#but while i appreciate this guy sharing his experience that is one of the worst fucking ways he couldve explained it#this analogy sucks its so god damned infantilizing#theres no fucking monkey. an NTs brain works the same way: you want go to what makes you feel good#and you want to stay away from what makes you feel bad#but see. my brain#among many other things#doesnt produce the same levels of certain neurotransmitters as NTs#the explanation is that fucking simple#my brain is s t a r v e d for say. dopamine for example#so in a situation where an NT might feel slightly uncomfortable i will feel something i can only describe as psychological pain#so you can see how making those impulsive short term gain choices becomes far more appealing because it gets rid of the immediate pain#and generating motivation to do something that isnt immediately gratifying becomes harder#because it seems like it will hurt so much more until its done#(it doesnt always but thats not the point)#on top of that the reward center of my brain is just fucking broken!!! so when i do the hard thing!!#i dont get NEARLY the same level of physiological reward!! which makes doing the hard thing even LESS appealing!!!#and thats only the tip of the iceberg!!! im not even a doctor!! i am not a professional!! i dont fully understand how deep this shit goes!!#but like. jesus#i just hate hate hate hate the way adhd gets treated like this#it but it fills me with white hot rage#why do you think people with adhd are more prone to both substance and behavioural problems like gambling?? is it the brain monkey???#fucking hell. youre talking about a legitimate disability that effects our entire fucking lives#just think about it for a second. think for a SECOND about the implications of this metaphor#and all the metaphors just like it that have been thrown around that make adhd look like a fucking joke#and then shut up
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