Over the years, numerous studies regarding AHDH [Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder] have emerged and some researchers suggested that ADHD is not a disorder but a way or training the mind. As per the Collective Evolution, when labeling a child with the disorder, it is potentially destroying the self-esteem of the child being diagnosed.
The scientific director of the Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Scott Barry Kaufman, made a remark regarding kids that are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It is when he stated:
"Of course, whether this is a positive thing or a negative thing depends on the context. The ability to control your attention is most certainly a valuable asset; difficulty inhibiting your inner mind can get in the way of paying attention to a boring classroom lecture or concentrating on a challenging problem. But the ability to keep your inner stream of fantasies, imagination, and daydreams on call can be immensely conducive to creativity. By automatically treating ADHD characteristics as a disability- as we so often do in an educational context- we are unnecessarily letting too many competent and creative kids fall through the cracks."
Studies then tried to question in whether ADHD is real or not, one neurologist Dr Richard Saul stated that ADHD is a fake disorder. He then added that "it is nothing more than a fake disorder that is really only an umbrella of symptoms and not actually a disease."
Leon Eisenberg, an American Psychiatrist and the founding father of ADHD, made a statement during his death bed interview. It is when he said that "ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease."
ADHD is most common in kids ranging from 7-17 years of age. It occurs when an individual would have a difficulty in concentrating. Individuals that are diagnosed with ADHD may also acquire sleep problems and anxiety disorders. [NHS.UK]
