The Economist claiming we are all cursed

I’ve heard from a few medical professionals that food dye can be a huge trigger, particularly blue or variation like green or purple. I’ve never been diagnosed but I avoid blue food dye and will notice a huge change in how I feel if I have some. I can sleep, can’t concentrate, lose my train of thought mid sentence and just feel generally shitty until it’s out of my system. I’m sure there were many factors that when combined, make the symptoms more intense and more prevalent. I’d also add video games to that list. I know I would get into hyper focus mode and then immediately start the game over if I screwed up. Endless do overs made me less attentive to the final goal because it will always be there once I get all the moves right. Plus they kept us out of our parents’ hair once they got home from their 9-5 exhausted.