It seem that to the general public ADHD simply means you have 1 second attention span. I can tell you that ADHD people are the ones who can spend 8 hours completely immersed in a task that looks boring, pointless and absurd to a neurotypical person, all while they forget to pee, eat and sleep. Good thing we don't forget to breathe. It's called hyperfocus. Hence I am confident that many of the world's most impressive feats have been achieved by ADHD people. It is full of contradictions.
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in reply to unfa🇺🇦 • • •I would say it is more about the how able you are to inhibit thoughts from becoming actions.
Sometimes that means losing focus on a task.
Sometimes that means blurting out something you didn't mean to.
Sometimes it means fidgeting.
Sometimes it means the world is gone to you while you stay narrowed in on a really demanding task for hours... or consistently for days, weeks, years.
draco
in reply to unfa🇺🇦 • • •learning about hyperfocus was the thing that made me consider getting tested for ADHD.
I don't have trouble focusing, I just can't control where my focus goes, and I have zero sensory filters, so my attention goes all over the place when I get too many different stimuli.
It certainly doesn't help that all my senses are unusually sensitive.
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in reply to draco • • •Momo
in reply to unfa🇺🇦 • • •I absolutely agree. I wish I had more control over my hyperfocus, because when it kicks in, I stop thinking and just start doing.
There might be a few neurotypical people who did awesome things, but honestly? Having ADHD helps so much doing these things... If only we had more control over it!
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in reply to unfa🇺🇦 • • •Cornelius Flynn
in reply to unfa🇺🇦 • • •I have ADHD, diagnosed around 1995, and medicated at the time. I have a genius level IQ and can hyperfocus. Taking care of daily life? Not so good. 😂
My family always said that a bomb could go off and I wouldn’t notice if I had my ‘nose in a book’. Same thing with my life in Electronics and Coding. Now I write novels.
Apparently I ‘fake’ respond to conversations, but have no clue what anyone said, or that I did so. Fortunately, my better half understands that now and when she wants my opinion knows to interrupt whatever I’m doing and make sure I am focused on her instead of the task at hand.
unfa🇺🇦
in reply to Cornelius Flynn • • •Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to Cornelius Flynn • •@Cornelius Flynn @unfa🇺🇦 My mother used to say that when I was on the computer, I wouldn't notice the house burning down until it took the power out.
She probably wasn't wrong.
Also, the fake responses thing was a real problem all throughout my schooling. I could even repeat back verbatim what had been said without actually absorbing it. That frustrated (and confused) even me.
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