Chels Smith’s Reviews > Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder > Status Update
Chels Smith
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ADHD— it’s not that a certain part of the brain has a disorder, rather that it is underdeveloped- certain connections were never formed.
— Mar 20, 2026 06:35AM
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Chels Smith
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The idea of sensitive people being like people with allergies was so awesome!
— Mar 20, 2026 06:19AM
Chels Smith
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“A 1982 study found that “the rate of adoption among ADD patients in the clinical population was 8 to 16 times the prevalence of adopted children in the population at large”[4] If you have ADD, you have a far higher than average chance of having been adopted.”
It seems that the opposite would be true? If you are adopted, you have a far higher chance of having ADD..
— Feb 28, 2026 08:27AM
It seems that the opposite would be true? If you are adopted, you have a far higher chance of having ADD..
Chels Smith
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“ADD is a diagnosis not of category but of dimension.”
— Feb 22, 2026 04:25PM
Chels Smith
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“I’m cut off from people, so anxious that if I don’t work overtime to establish contact with them, I will be left alone.” —> why children with ADD talk so much 🤯🤯
— Feb 22, 2026 08:07AM
