ADHD Society

The other day we went to the movies, without much hope, to see "The origin of the Planet of the Apes." The product we felt even worse than we feared, just a mindless detritus (and mindless), ridiculously loud and hyperkinetic. Another one of those Hollywood dung ultraefectistas that strives to electrocute the masses. In excite and seizures. To cauterize your senses and clear your mind. And then think that when children acquire the same attitudes "epileptic," the feel "upset by ADHD" drugs and glaring. Why?

Not only films but our entire society is equally hyperactive, hyperkinetic, fiendishly shifting. Advertising, nervous pace and style of television, fashion, consumer technology, media, sports, politics ... Everything is hit, compulsive, fleeting, changing hysterically. If you like something very special in a trade, you better buy it immediately because maybe tomorrow is gone. Continually changing locations, presentations, products, prices according to the successive promotional interests. Sold in August and September books for children. Appear in October and the first Christmas candies ... You have to move constantly, relentlessly forward, time is money, the latter is an idiot.

But children who are not sick still are supposed to.

And that stupid, inhumane and permanent "mobile" labor. We must change the task continuously employed, equipment, work center, including city or country. Is not it more dynamic, modern, psychologically "positive"? Is not required competitiveness? Do not you admire today with anything or anyone, for tomorrow will take over, you move, you'll be fired. The links are not profitable. Work faster, work longer, produces more you do things even worse (does not matter)! And then spend your money just as quickly, everything you buy, buy so that you can not (for that is the credit). Get ahead always one tenth of a second! And do not rest on your vacation. Above all, never be still. Zambúlletecomo everyone in the frenetic tourism, beach, consumerist, disco, whatever, not "bored" or "less" than anyone.

But if your son does the same thing, take him to a psychiatrist.

And this current maelstrom called "family life". Parents come and go in haste from their jobs, children and grandparents traffic up and down, homes and bustle of custody, barracks rate of kindergartens, schools, duties, kangaroos, extraescoleres activities, lunches, dinners, cooking, cleaning, washing , shopping and weekends, visiting parents, visiting in-laws, receive friends, birthdays of children with all their classmates, and all this if no one is sick, if the car is not in the workshop, if you do not have to work overtime, if there is to take care of their grandparents, and always struggling with troubled children, with the bickering couple, with their own neurotic conflicts, and thus clock and whistle, undostres, undostres , undostres-for weeks, months, years ...

Our society is not only hyperactive, also cultivates a lasting and serious "attention deficit". Not only because he covers a lot of press recently, and because the frantic succession of stimuli prevents full attention to any of them. But because the dispersion helps avoid difficulties, responsibility, fear, truth, the feelings. Why do I aa one thing after another, if I can make several at once? Why I will follow closely the movie on TV, if I can do while zapping, talking on the phone, scold the children and washing clothes? Why should I feed my baby with all my attention and patience-and theirs-if I can "distract" the hypnotic television, the more the puppet of colors, plus the sudden cuddling dad, grandparents and neighbor, the more the cries of siblings and the eldest son heavy music all at once? Why talk honestly and peacefully with my family or friends if we can "to stop having fun" with the thousands of offers that offers the entertainment industry? And so on.

No, not just some children, but the whole modern world suffers from "ADHD." Why stop, rest, meet, deepen, we enjoy what we do not think enough. Nor is it profitable for others. What we really like is to run after what we have, away from what scares us, gratified by our empty, as attention, disperse our eyes, move the clock to, well, not see or feel or think.

Our society is like an airplane: the horrible únicamentepor argues that print speed. If it stops, goes down (we call "economic crisis"). But, unlike airplanes, our ship has no runways. This is your drama. Its very essence is flying loiter or rest ... until the fuel runs out. Unless, of course, the whole machine is, all its millions of inhabitants decide metamorphosed into something else. For example, in birds. For example, elephants ...

While this does not happen, why do we insist on calling "ADHD" children that are just like adults?