Delay disease linked to brain deficit

People who are often late will now have one more argument to justify themselves! The person they have to thank is Jim Dunbar, a Scotsman whose life and those of those around him are disrupted due to his systematic delays. The 57-year-old man who is unable to arrive on time managed to get a prescription from his doctors to explain to his employers that he was suffering from chronic pathological delay.

And this is not a joke. According to the practitioners at Ninewells Hospital (Dundee) who made the diagnosis, the man would actually be suffering from a deficit affecting a very specific region of the brain already known to be hyperactivity and attention disorders (ADHD ) that some people suffer from. This condition would prevent the patient from managing and assessing the time he needs to complete a task. However, he has a special clock in his living room which is directly linked to the speaking clock so that he always knows the exact time. Without much effect!
So much so that for Jim Dunbar, this disease turned his life into a nightmare. Asked by the Daily Mail, he confides: “I blame myself and ask myself: why can’t I be on time? I lost a lot of jobs. I can understand the reaction of people and why they don’t believe me. “

Obviously, the recognition of this new disease by Scottish doctors is not to everyone’s liking. For Dr Sheri Jacobson, psychiatrist in London, questioned in the same daily, “this disorder is not listed in the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). So I’m not sure we can say it’s a disease. Repeated delays are usually a symptom of a deeper ailment such as ADHD (1) or depression. But it can just as easily be a bad habit. In my opinion, turning everyday behavior into a disease is not a good idea, ”she concludes.
If the doctors are not convinced by this new pathology, it will in any case multiply the number of imaginary patients!

(1) Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity