i mean at least the attention deficit part is accurate, i have to make sure to place objects where i can’t avoid looking at them because otherwise i will completely and utterly forget the moment something else takes my attention.
I tend to refill my water bottle at the same time as going to the toilet, so if i just place the bottle on the kitchen counter i WILL without fail forget all about its existence, the only solution to this is placing the bottle in front of my door so i almost walk into it before remembering that it exists.
Other parts of ADHD have their upsides, but god damn this facet of it drives me up the wall and i can’t see how it would ever be useful.
Technically, we’re not lacking in attention capacity, we’re lacking in the ability to focus that attention towards the thing you want/should. Our attention is great. We’re just not giving it to the right thing in many cases.
You didn’t remember where you put your keys, cause your attention was taken by something else when you dropped them wherever they were. But you had plenty of attention towards that other thing.
i mean at least the attention deficit part is accurate, i have to make sure to place objects where i can’t avoid looking at them because otherwise i will completely and utterly forget the moment something else takes my attention.
I tend to refill my water bottle at the same time as going to the toilet, so if i just place the bottle on the kitchen counter i WILL without fail forget all about its existence, the only solution to this is placing the bottle in front of my door so i almost walk into it before remembering that it exists.
Other parts of ADHD have their upsides, but god damn this facet of it drives me up the wall and i can’t see how it would ever be useful.
Technically, we’re not lacking in attention capacity, we’re lacking in the ability to focus that attention towards the thing you want/should. Our attention is great. We’re just not giving it to the right thing in many cases.
You didn’t remember where you put your keys, cause your attention was taken by something else when you dropped them wherever they were. But you had plenty of attention towards that other thing.
Yeah, ADHD is really more about attention regulation, not attention deficit.