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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eclexic
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.
unfa🇺🇦
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!
Jonathan Lamothe
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