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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 515787" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Attention "deficit" disorder is a misnomer. In fact, us ADD/ADHD people have a gift that goes with the curse... you see, the real problem is "attention management". So... we're either scattered all over the place - and typically, that is exactly when other people expect us to be paying attention... OR, we're in "hyper-focus"... which is the gift.</p><p></p><p>In hyper-focus mode, time stops. Hunger stops. We hardly hear or see anything else around us, unless it pertains to the task at hand. And we FLY through that task at hand. We can't understand why other people can't do this, can't "make time stop". We're moving at 2x or 3x the "normal" processing speed... and we don't feel that way. It just... flows.</p><p></p><p>I hit this on project work... often, at about 1 a.m., which then means... I don't surface for several MORE hours... but I get two days work done in 5 or 6 hours. </p><p></p><p>Yes, Malika. If J is indeed "adhd", then this would be perfectly normal!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 515787, member: 11791"] Attention "deficit" disorder is a misnomer. In fact, us ADD/ADHD people have a gift that goes with the curse... you see, the real problem is "attention management". So... we're either scattered all over the place - and typically, that is exactly when other people expect us to be paying attention... OR, we're in "hyper-focus"... which is the gift. In hyper-focus mode, time stops. Hunger stops. We hardly hear or see anything else around us, unless it pertains to the task at hand. And we FLY through that task at hand. We can't understand why other people can't do this, can't "make time stop". We're moving at 2x or 3x the "normal" processing speed... and we don't feel that way. It just... flows. I hit this on project work... often, at about 1 a.m., which then means... I don't surface for several MORE hours... but I get two days work done in 5 or 6 hours. Yes, Malika. If J is indeed "adhd", then this would be perfectly normal! [/QUOTE]
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