![]() ![]() If the things that activate your hyperfocus are work projects, you’re probably not going to be complaining about that. I’ve talked about ADHD as having magnetic attention, and the analogy here is that your attention gets stuck in a magnetic field so powerful you can’t pull away.” “So when we find something engaging that gives our brain some kind of immediate reward, we sometimes just keep doing that thing, maybe long after other people would stop and go take care of other responsibilities. People with ADHD, however, know that ADHD is more about not being able to regulate your attention than about never being able to pay attention to anything.” “Part of the reason might be that the idea of having your attention glued to something with laser-like intensity doesn’t seem to line up with the idea of ADHD. “Still, it’s a stretch to say hyperfocus is a straight-up symptom of ADHD because there’s no mention of it in diagnostic guides and surprisingly little research has been done on it.” Anecdotally, many people with ADHD can’t concentrate on some things but concentrate “too much” on others.” ![]() “Among people with ADHD, it’s a commonly recognized phenomenon. “Hyperfocus is something in between a rumor and a symptom.” You know that ADHD prevents me from fully being able to focus, yet at the same time, if there is something that stimulates my brain, I can almost super-focus on that thing, and still be out of focus all around me too. I was unaware of hyper-focus, but once I started reading, I soon knew exactly what they were talking about. I found this article last night and it really struck me. ![]()
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