Video: Opinion | Always Late? TikTok Thinks You Have A.D.H.D.

A growing number of American adults suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD after seeing social media “tells” that mimic diagnostic criteria. The episode cites that about a quarter of adults believe they may have ADHD without a formal diagnosis, while only 6% have one. Nadja Spiegelman’s “The Opinions” segment explores what drives self-labeling and whether diagnostic labels liberate or constrain. She discusses the topic with sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom and author Mary H.K. Choi, who was diagnosed with ADHD and later autism in her early 40s. Choi describes a lifetime of suspicions, intense masking, and how her father’s illness and death sparked a major mental reorganization.