spookyadhd:

wrecklessnothing:

Hey can we like uhh stop using hyperfixation so loosely? Hyperfixation happens only to people with adhd and autism and sometimes other mental illnesses. It’s not a term for neurotypicals to use when they’re just obsessed with something.

please, for that reason but also for whenever i hear people use the word hyperfixation i go “oh!! look another person who might have adhd and knows enough about it to understand the word hyperfixation!!” and then when i ask them about it they respond like “ugh no! that’s so rude i can’t believe you would think i have adhd!”