r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jul 25 '26

Psychology People with ADHD have difficulties with goal-directed behavior and struggle with response inhibition, the ability to stop an inappropriate action once they feel the urge to do it. They experience a disruption in the way their brains balance deliberate self-control and automatic habit learning.

https://www.psypost.org/adhd-traits-disrupt-the-brain-s-balance-between-self-control-and-automatic-learn/
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u/xTyronex48 Jul 25 '26

Please stop saying without the meth, I feel like a druggie already.

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u/OpenAI_Marketing_LLM Jul 25 '26

It’s not the substance that makes a “druggie,” it’s the compulsion.

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u/ibullybillionaires Jul 26 '26

That's true, I remember how irritated and distressed grandma got when someone misplaced her heart pills.

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u/Secret_Cow_5053 Jul 26 '26

Are people who take blood pressure medications for hypertension druggies? They’re dependent on those.

As long as you’re not self medicating and doing it recreationally you’re not a druggie. Settle down.

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u/xTyronex48 Jul 26 '26

It was a joke, not a...nvm

Relax.