ADHD

  ADHD: What To Do if you think you might have it? This text is the fourth and final part of a series on ADHD. The earlier articles looked at how the diagnosis is constructed, what it illuminates, and what it risks leaving in the dark (read part 1, part 2, and part 3). In […]

Having traced the social and cultural spread of ADHD (see part 1 and part 2), we can now ask a deeper question: do we really need the ADHD label to understand what it names? Before exploring that, let’s briefly recapitulate what makes ADHD appear so pervasive today. Why Does ADHD Seem So Common? Because… a

What promotes the symptoms currently grouped under the “ADHD” label? Why has this diagnosis crystallized now rather than earlier? If the first part explored the spread of the ADHD narrative, this part looks at the world said to sustain it — a world in which attention itself is under pressure. Some factors stand out: Anchors

This essay is the first of four parts in a series on ADHD and the modern condition of attention. Each piece explores a different dimension — from the social appeal of the diagnosis, to the pressures of contemporary life, to the deeper emotional and psychoanalytic layers beneath the symptom. In this first part, I explore