By denmarkguy on Skatehive
I'm glad to be able to say that it has been a very long time since I last heard somebody call psychology "basically a mumbo jumbo field." I'm also very glad to report that there have been considerable advances in psychology since I was a kid. We understand, among other things, a lot more about how the brain works and how it sometimes malfunctions. When I was a kid (in grade school), there was really no such thing as ADHD. There were "disruptive kids" and while the school counselors did understand that there was a difference between somebody who was having difficulties with abuse at home and somebody who was having learning difficulties, it was still a pretty primitive time with respect to effective help. The people around me essentially called me a daydreamer. By the time I graduated high school, ADHD was a more widely accepted concept, although I would not have been diagnosed because I never suffered from the "hyperactivity" part of the equation. I was quiet and I would just zone out