This is where you lost me. If you're arguing that it's normal, don't call it a freaking syndrome. Don't give it an ADHD-like name, don't make it a diagnosis. Say it's nature, say what you mean, stop with the excuses. You are making exactly the opposite of your case.
No reasonable person will listen to the deluge of "treat your Shift Work Disorder with this pill" and "solve your Erectile Disfunction" with this pill and somehow hear "Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome" and not think "yeah... bullshit."
If you want to alter people's idea of normal, don't frame your existence the way people frame diseases and disorders. You are not changing perspectives, you are reinforcing them, and you are making yourself look even more abnormal.
This is where you lost me. If you're arguing that it's normal, don't call it a freaking syndrome. Don't give it an ADHD-like name, don't make it a diagnosis. Say it's nature, say what you mean, stop with the excuses. You are making exactly the opposite of your case.
No reasonable person will listen to the deluge of "treat your Shift Work Disorder with this pill" and "solve your Erectile Disfunction" with this pill and somehow hear "Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome" and not think "yeah... bullshit."
If you want to alter people's idea of normal, don't frame your existence the way people frame diseases and disorders. You are not changing perspectives, you are reinforcing them, and you are making yourself look even more abnormal.