• FartVentriloquist69
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    1 day ago

    Does anyone else have the incling ADHD and PTSD are the same thing? Human brain thinks it’s in danger and kicks into survival mode

    • Szyler@lemmy.world
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      Adhd kids get told negative things way more often that other kids, and that is traumatic. Undiagnosed Adhd leads to anxiety and depression because of it, which makes it very similar to ptsd. But since it’s chronic and over a long time period, it is separate from ptsd, as the cause is Adhd, and not the trauma itself.

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      22 hours ago

      Most of the symptoms commonly associated with ASD are shared with PTSD