Words like 'stimming' and 'hyperfixation' began in specific communities and have since entered casual online conversation, raising questions about visibility, appropriation and what gets lost in translation.
Terms like 'stimming' and 'hyperfixation' did not originate on TikTok. They came from clinical and community contexts, used primarily by neurodivergent people and those with ADHD to…
The condition has always looked different in women — and the medical world is only now catching up
For decades, ADHD carried a very specific image in the public imagination: a fidgety, distracted boy who couldn't sit still in class. That picture was never the whole story. And for millions of women who grew up…

