Duly noted: Stop using the word paralysis unless we actually mean paralysis. Example, when describing ADHD or executive dysfunction.
EDIT: Example! I have hemiplegia. That means paralysis on one side of the body. It is entirely different from my ADHD and autistic intertia, or rather Friction, freezing me up so I can't move. Those are not my literal physical muscles in my limbs, which paralysis actually hits. And I completely understand the annoyance and frustration of having to correct others who mistake executive dysfunction for physical inability.
None of my business but
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Stop using the word paralysis unless we actually mean paralysis
The root comes from the greek words para and lyein
para: (âbesideâ, ânext toâ but also in the sense of âsimilar toâ, âfalseâ, âresemblingâ)
lyein: to loosen/loose
ergo, "paralysis" just means âbesides lossâ or ânext to lossâ as in âsimilar to lossâ or âsomething like lossâ or âabnormal lossâ or âfake lossâ (as in non permanent loss)
SO the âtemporary lossâ or âshort term lossâ of something
Which is extremely fitting for ADHD executive dysfunction because the whole âyesterday I/you could do itâ- thing is one of the most frustrating parts/accusations of ADHD
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Those are not my literal physical muscles in my limbs, which paralysis actually hits.
The dopamine system plays an integral role in motor physiology. Dopamine controls movement by modulation of higher-order motor centers (e.g.
Our results provide the first demonstration that dopamine can directly control movement by manipulating somatic motoneuron behavior and skeletal muscle tone.
It IS actually, very likely, our actual physical muscle that is fucked up from our ADHD
Itâs not âall in your headâ âŚ
paralysis actual definition is "the complete or partial loss of muscle function in any part of the body" which is not going to be 1:1 with the root of the word. When looking it up, it will not include ADHD.
complete or partial loss of function especially when involving the motion or sensation in a part of the body; loss of the ability to move; a
Etymology Latin, from Greek, from paralyein to loosen, disable, from para- + lyein to loosen â more at lose
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complete or partial loss of function especially when involving the motion or sensation in a part of the body; loss of the ability to move; a
3 : a state of powerlessness or incapacity to act
3 : (...) incapacity to act
-> freezing me up so I can't move.
@brightlotusmoon
@glorioustidalwavedefendor hey, can you stop shoving the multiple definitions of MY OWN FUCKING CONDITIONS on my post? Paralysis is not my fucking ADHD. Paralysis is when my left arm won't move on its own. When I have to force my left leg into the bathtub. It is not my executive dysfunction temporarily telling me I'm frozen in motion. I can't just break out of my spasticity the way I can my ADHD. Also, Classyflame has a form of paralysis too.
There is a misunderstanding here
I did not mean to say that the ADHD and your hemiplegia are the same thing
They are very obviously two different conditions!
I am sorry, I did not make that clear enough
I apologize
My point was purely about etymology, since I thought it might make it less frustrating for you, if other people use the word to describe their executive dysfunction
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The paper was not supposed to mean that your hemiplegia is caused by ADHD.
Of course not!
That would be rediculous!
I posted it becasue to me it was something new â no one had eve told me, that my ADHD could have real physicall results, like muscle pain/tension (which explained a few things ... )
I just wanted to share that new knowledge with you

















