And Justice for All: Justice Sensitivity Explained

Although there are similarities between justice and rejection sensitivity, “they could not be collapsed into one single factor of interpersonal sensitivity, but both contributed independently to the prediction of depression, conduct problems, and low self‐esteem.”

Even so, justice and rejection sensitivity have a lot in common. RS and JS are “social-cognitive trait measures that may influence and explain interpersonal differences in response to situational factors.” But they aren’t the only ones.

And Justice for All: My Sensitive Life

Most of my life, I’ve felt highly observer sensitive.

The same year as the water balloon incident, a classmate named Mike, one of The Great Ones, said that a bunch of eighth graders were going to beat him up after school.

“What for?” I asked.

“Nothin’!” he insisted.

This was YEARS before I learned to not take people at their word without question. So I told him I’d go with him after school to help.

And Justice for All: Full-On Nerd Edition

The relationship between ADHD and justice sensitivity can be explained by the Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Adult ADHD which identifies how “ADHD symptoms lead to failure, underachievement, and problems in relationships.”

This “interaction pattern” caused by ADHD can results in a “vicious circle” of social calamity. As a result, “it can be assumed that persons with ADHD experience injustice and rejection more often than others, not only subjectively but also objectively.”

Semantic Battleground: Asymmetrical Warfare

Look, I get why it’s so jarring to have a post flagged and learning that you’re part of a community that’s “directly harmful to people with ADHD and is closely linked with anti-psychiatry and anti-science movement.” My understanding of the Neurodiversity Movement does not reflect this at all and so I was certainly jarred by seeing it.

But one thing we need to contend with is that, like any political movement, the Neurodiversity Movement attracts opportunistic grifters and what I call woo woo psychofabulists, people who took a psych class once and weave elaborate and reassuring Wikipedized myths about how neurodivergent conditions actually work.

Semantic Battleground: Clash of the NeuroGangs

Before we get into this one, I’d just like to disclose my personal opinion that the term “identity politics” is dismissive, condescending bullshit. The fact that people from marginalized groups have a vested interest in collaborating to promote their own political interests is not “identity politics,” it’s self-advocacy.

And to preempt any bullshit, let me say that “white identity politics” is nothing but white supremacist concern trolling. White people have never had to self-advocate because we’ve always held power. If you’re advocating for the white race, you’re advocating for the status quo, which is unsustainable racism. Thank you for coming to my lecture.

Semantic Battleground: The War of Neurodiversity

Much of the tension and controversy stems from the seemingly intractable divide between parents of autistic children who advocate for “prevention” or “cures” and #ActuallyAutistic people who are pushing back against what they see as eugenics. This is the very heart of the debate over whether a “medical model” for autism is appropriate.

Plight of the Pesterbugs

The trouble is, I don’t know how to stop being a Pesterbug without completely suppressing myself. It’s a part of my personality that creeps out the more comfortable I become. So what happens when I become supremely comfortable with you and I’m overcome by the urge to pester?

The answer is a matter of self-control that I have yet to truly master.

Men Are Trash: Supplemental

SUDBURY – According to a police report on the Sudbury psychiatrist accused of groping a woman, Dr. Edward Hallowell admitted touching her and to facing similar allegations in the past.

Yes, Virginia, Men Are Trash: ADHD and Misogyny

The subject of men and sexual assault, as well as inappropriate sexual behavior, is something we should be talking about more as men. Although women are certainly capable of sexual assault, toxic masculinity has long normalized sexual violence against women.

And although ADHD is NEVER an excuse for violence of any kind, impulsivity in untreated ADHD can certainly exacerbates violent tendencies. There are numerous studies on ADHD and intimate partner violence that suggest we have a problem.

Back Into Hell: ADHD Parenting and Remote Learning

It suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks so f#$%ing hard.

It’s what the kids are missing out on. They’re missing their teachers, they’re missing their routines, and most of all, they’re missing their friends.

Well, some of them are.