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So tiktok causes ADD and we’re ok with kids using it? Sounds like it needs to be used less by adults too.


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That's not what ADD is.

yes it is. and when you grow up with short form videos being your form of entertainment you’re just teaching kids to have short attention spans.

No, it isn't. ADD (now classified as Inattentive type ADHD) isn't having a "short attention span", it's a huge swathe of neurological symptoms of which having a short attention span might be one, sometimes - but it isn't the defining characteristic. The name of the disorder is misleading. ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder, like schizophrenia and autism, and isn't something that can be induced through forms of entertainment (though those predisposed to the disorder genetically may find symptoms worsen through them).

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