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OMG! I'll go with this theory, and you can take it of my dead hands. That's remarkably interesting and researching. WOW!

The Misdiagnosed Tragedy of Stiles

(How Adderall Summoned The Nogitsune)

Time for me to really stretch out that Psychology degree, folks. I've also taken the liberty of quoting several different articles.

Stiles Stilinski does NOT have ADHD. He actually has PTSD and has been misdiagnosed since childhood.

Let me explain:

In season 5, we see Stiles reliving a memory he repressed, when he was 10 years old, of his mother attacking him in the late stages of her dementia.

This memory had been so traumatic and so deeply buried that it had taken SUPERNATURAL means to uncover it.

As stated by these two articles, PTSD and ADHD exhibit many of the same symptoms:

The reason children are more likely to be diagnosed as ADHD is because no psychologist/therapist expects a child to be experiencing something commonly plaguing war veterans, especially at such a young age. It's not the first thing to come to mind and children being violently attacked isn't normally the conclusion you jump to when facing a kid that's fidgety. Also, as stated in this article, mental health professionals just don't have time to learn a child's whole backstory.

Stiles' misdiagnosis is just the tip of the iceberg, though. Because of this, he is misprescribed Adderall.

As you may have noticed in the previous scene, Stiles is hyperactive and all over the place. This is actually a very bad sign. According to this article:

We actually see Stiles showing quite a number of the following side effects, mostly the psychiatric ones.

Panic attacks in particular should really catch your attention. I know it caught mine.

In season 3B, the Nogitsune alters a brain scan to make Stiles think he has frontotemporal dementia. The Sheriff and Argent later theorize that, by doing so, the Nogitsune weakened Stiles' mental defenses by destroying his hope. This shows that the weaker Stiles' mind was, the easier it was for the Nogitsune to take control. The poor mental state years of Adderall abuse had left Stiles in may have been the reason why the Nogitsune had chosen him as a host.

The irony of it all is that the Nogitsune said that it could save Stiles if he let it in. Surprisingly, it probably did. When the Nogitsune was controlling Stiles, it would make sense that a 1,000 year old chaos spirit wouldn't bother to take Stiles' Adderall every day. Not only that, we also see Stiles go without Adderall during his whole stay at Eichen House and when the Nogitsune took over the second time. From season 3B onward, Stiles' hyperactivity is way down and (correct me if I'm wrong on this) Stiles isn't seen having another panic attack after that. During the entirety of the Nogitsune arc, Stiles was too preoccupied fighting for his life to remember to take his pill and it seems he just never bothered to pick it up again, thus ACTUALLY saving his own life.

He sits in his hair like it’s a fucking nest I can’t -

LOOK AT THEM

I CANT BELIEVE THIS ANIME IS 10 YEARS OLD AND I ALSO CANT BELIVE THAT I HAVE ONCE AGAIN FOUND MYSELF STARING AT THE WIKI PAGE FOR IT

i feel like i would genuinely be a lot happier if i could just get wrecked with tkls every once in a while

Can't sleep with noise

Can't sleep without noise

Rhythmic noises like dripping taps (faucets) stress me out

But random noises in the night are worse

Can't sleep without noise

These days music, podcasts, audiobooks, films and rain are the only thing I sleep to

Dead quiet is terrifying

Yet noise is just as scary

Whyy :(