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[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

The meme is a poignant exaggeration. It's pointing out that many ADHD folk are blocked from access to any therapy because they perform well professionally. Using professional performance as the primary metric often leaves people with untreated difficult conditions on their personal life.

For example, someone might be the best car mechanic you can find but their own car is a neglected POS. Someone might accel as a surgeon but their home is a stye.

These lead to issues with social life and result in burnout.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

The secret: it is because your actual quality of life does not matter at all.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Yay capitalism!