Am livid. Just read:
"Dr Mate told the duke: “Reading the book, I diagnose you with ADD.”
He went on: “I don’t see it as a disease, I see it as a normal response to abnormal stress.""
FFS! One of my children has a diagnosis, another is on the pathway & I am struggling to get a referral. My GP says I'm "too articulate to have ADD", so refused to refer me yet. He doesn't see the hours of rehearsing that go into one 10min appointment, so I seem coherent.
Who knew, all I had to do was write a stupid book instead! All those observations, and tests - all of which can apparently be completely ignored if you are famous for whining on about your shit childhood. Does anyone know if Mate is actually a qualified Clinical Psychologist? I suspect not.
As for the comment on ADD being caused by stress. FUCK THE FUCKITY FUCK, OFF MATE.
Our issues have existed from birth. Yes, there are some things we can seem over sensitive to - living with misophonia is no fun, but the cause of ADD isn't a response to stress. Multiple Clinical Psychologists gave told me it is the way our brain is wired - not what this charlatan is suggesting.
Idiot comments like Mate's directly cause an increase in the ignorant comments, and prejudice we face. Ugh. Not looking forward to the conversations around this at work this week - many of which will mistakenly think he's right.