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the ADHD urge to use parenthesis in every sentence (because every thought comes with additional bonus content)

  • elsif
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know if I have ADHD, but I struggle with this as well! Sometimes I’ll write a message/email and there’s a paren after every other sentence.

    Lately I’ve been making an effort to substitute with a semicolon or bridge the thoughts with a dash:

    “I’m thinking this - but I also think this.”

    Unsure if that’s a correct usage of punctuation, but I feel like it helps the sentence feel more focused and an expansion of the thought, rather than a random segue (especially with work)

    Edit: realized that I had broken my own rule seconds after posting

    • Serdan
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      1 year ago

      Iirc, you’re supposed to use m-dashes for that kinda thing.

    • Patrizsche@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Rest assured, using parentheses in sentences is not a criterion for the diagnosis of ADHD in the DSM-5