Why did so many people give me thumbs down on this question?

Question

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I'm not angry or complaining, I'm just curious.
I wrote honestly and from my heart and I just want to know why people had a problem with it.

LOL. Thanks to everyone who gave me thumbs up after reading this question. When I first posted it I had only 1 up and 3 down.

fwf43, I didn't actually overcome ADD. It's a medical condition, and you can't overcome medical conditions. However, I have learned to live with it and to view it in a way that is less "disabling," if you will.

Crabbyblindguy, I didn't ask the original question. I was referring to my response to the question.

Answer 1

People hav a lot of misconception about wat ADD really is.

Answer 2

People know little about disabilities. If you don't look disabled you are faking it. I have several disabilities. I suffer from manic-depression, panic disorder, anxiety attacks, post traumatic stress disorder, chronic arthritis, a fused left ankle, a slipped disk in my lower back, hypo-tension (extremely low blood pressure), and afibulation. I take a ton and a half of medications just to make it through the day. Yes I am extremely disabled. But nothing shows except a slight limp. I have handicapped plates on my car and people yell at me for cheating to get a good parking spot. My biggest problem is that I do not have a big scar or a splotch on my face or am missing a limb, so that people can see I am disabled.

You are disabled with ADD that is semi-controlled with medication and attitude. I try as hard as I can to smile every day and enjoy what time I have left on this planet. I am 60 years old and have been this way since I was 25.

As for all the thumbs down. There are people who go through and just put thumbs down on everything. They think it is cute. I don't know about you but I worked very hard on this answer, but if I get thumbs down only, who cares? Remember is not that you got there, it is how you got there!

Answer 3

Truly I cannot see why you would have gotten so many thumbs down. I think you wrote your opinion well enough. I know what it is like to struggle with ADD and ADHD. I have ADD and my son has ADHD. They are both debilitating because we tend to be impulsive people. But you are right, we catch the 'little things' no-one else seems to. Although we are bright and intelligent, we have to have structure and discipline, organization and parameters in our lives. Once we are on our own that first couple of years are tough to manage, especially without the medication. But, I have learned to deal with it and to 'slow down' my thought processes so that I prevent myself from saying or doing something impulsive. It doesn't always work, but it is a lot better than when I was a kid.
Yes, I do believe that it qualifies as a disability, though not a huge one because it can be controlled with behavioural modification and (eww) drug therapy.
I think the disabilities this other person was talking about were the more frightening, long term progressive types. More like Lupus, Sjogren's, Fibromyalgia, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy...you know along those lines. We won't die from ours, they suffer daily, in agony and a lot of them are STILL smiling and accept their lot in life.

Oh and you are welcome for the thumb's up!

Answer 4

Well, disability studies is my primary area of research--so my answer is based on a lot of related research--

Unwittingly your question touches a couple of raw nerves. I'll summarize--

1) your question can be read as equating "shortcomings," which most people equate with negative character/behavior--with having a disability. That is a stereotype that people with disabilities are--and have historically--been subjected to. For example, Attention Deficit Disorder was orignally called "MORAL deficit disorder."

2) Having an impairment is NOT, in and of itself, a "blessing." It is-at best--a royal pain in the a**. But I--and most people with disabilities--have been toldthat "if we just accept our lot, we'll be blessed." This invariably comes from people who know little about our experience--and usually don't oant their preconceptions disturbed by actual facts--like the extent to which the society we live in is responsible for the problems people with impairments encounter.

For example (this is NOT the case with all churches)--you see many supposedly "Christian" people touting this "blessings" line--while attending a church that has no ramps for people using wheelchairs, no arrangements for deaf or blind persons, and no outreach to the disability community.

Hear that kind of thing enough times, and you'd start getting annoyed, just like we do! :)

Answer 5

I think some people just disagree with your opinion and can't see things from your point of view. Personally, I think your answer was very good and I gave you thumbs up. I got a bunch of thumbs down for my answer to that question too. It's a sensitive subject and people have strong opinions about it. That's all. Don't worry about it, there was nothing wrong with your answer. :)

Answer 6

I read it and really can't see why. Your answer seems well thought out and written. Then again you only have 1 more thumbs down than up. Maybe all the other people who answered were desperate for 10 points.

Answer 7

I read all the answers given to that question. Many answers focused on the "physical" disabilities. Autism, ADD, other disorders and birth defects were only brought up by you. You overcame yours, that's a quality. Some see only physical defects and that's how they answer.

Answer 8

Don't know, I think it was a great response. I admire your strength and your positive out look on life. I don't have any disabilities, but I do agree there can be some advantages to certain ones.

Answer 9

Because of the way you worded it. Disability is not a shortcoming. A short coming is something you fall short of achieving as well as you could have. People with disabilities can fall short of their goals - but that is not what disability is all about. Disability is a way of being not a short coming.

Answer 10

The internet should never be taken seriously.
It does have its fair share of morons, but by the looks of it, there were a lot of thumbs down in general.
I don't have a problem with your answer, and if anyone does, it is their problem.

Answer 11

you only got 3 and a thumbs up
dont worry 'bout it, I got 3 violations today and suspended from my other account, theres just some petty minded people here, thats all

there you go you got 3 thumbs up now
lol