I mean, JBP kinda touches on that pretty frequently, too.

yeah, essentially you could say that everything deviating from the statistical average, the normal, is a disorder, even a positive thing. There are positive sides to autism, if you're lucky and really just a high functioning one with few detriments. It happens in many math and physics and IT departments of universities. and yeah, OCD can have positive effects too, if channeled properly 😉

It's far better to acknowledge that you're a monster kept in check than to pretend you're entirely altruistically good.

most mathmatitians are autistic so there has to be a positive 😛

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i had to learn to keep my pathological altruism in check. and I still too often fail with that

is really bad when you come across pathological liars of any kind

i think what we really call disorders are social more than mental but they are observible neulogicly. something is a disorder though when you have functionality problems

I'm sure everyone's had violent thoughts. The fact that you have the facilities to not act on them is what brings you to the side of good.

I've often theorized that the rise of ADHD is an adaption to the information age.

It's less a disorder, and more just a different order.

i think disorder is applicable for things that are a detriment to your life; some you can integrate well, but eh... also for lack of a better word

different environments favour different traits and abilities. @RyeNorth This is an interesting topic where epigenetics might play an interesting role. But I'm not versed enough in that area

I mean, ADHD is labeled as a learning disability

it's a focus problem

but at the same time, I was tested early on with a rather high IQ.

i also have adhd

so yeah, can impede your learning

The biggest problem I ever had in school

and yeah i also was higher than average iq

And what caused me to lose focus

was that the lessons were always longer than they needed to be.

to my knowledge adhd and high IQ are not mutually exclusive. may rather be to the contrary

People with ADHD are generally able to jump from topic to topic and absorb.

i never had a problem with focusing in school because hyper was more a problem for me, i never even wanted to focus let alone try and fail to

i basicly refused to learn anything i didint choose to want to learn

Well, among other things, the school system is pretty archaic.

regarding learning with adhd, i've noticed a few different routes that can work. Either increase the sensory input around you to overload the constant processing (ie letting complex music run), or just increase the speed of a recording you're watching (ie a lecture) to force hyperfocus on that. include headphones too

i agree, the school system is archaic in some ways and regressive in others

know a few people for whom either works. the former is annoying when in semi-public places though <.<

And the system as it is basically requires ADD kids to be put on speed.

listening to the school my parents grew up in, i see flaws in it, but less flaws than now even

school system, here in germany too, is completely incompatible with high IQ kids, autistic kids, ad(h)d kids etc.

they do not check which learning types work best for which kinds of kids

i think the american school system is incompatible with any children reguardless of their neuological growth

What we need for the school system.

that might actually be a better idea than you may think

(It's the sorting hat from Harry Potter) 😛

"Sort your students"

Except the houses didn't really determine curriculum