Some people say ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is one of the best-studied conditions in psychiatry. Others say it is a label that turns normal restless children into patients. This post looks at why the argument never ends: it is really four different arguments, and the evidence is strong for some of them and weak for others.
Most people meet this book through a quote on a poster. That's a shame, because the poster version — choose your attitude, stay positive — is the shallowest possible reading of it.
A24's Backrooms turned an internet creepypasta into a film about something far more intimate: what happens to a mind that refuses to process its past. This is a reading of the film's central metaphor — room by room.
There are situations where, from the outside, everything seems fine. No one is treating you badly. There's no real threat. No tragedy is unfolding. And yet, your body activates: tension, discomfort, irritability, sadness, the urge to leave, a feeling of being trapped.
This can happen at family gatherings, social obligations, mandatory visits, or places where you don't feel entirely comfortable.