100%. This is why ADHD assessments often fail many of us. Asking me “How often do you have problems with attention?” (or some variant of the question), won’t capture the answer that helps with a diagnosis.
I don’t have problems with attention. In fact, my attention can often hyperfocus and I see things that many others don’t. I’ve learned to adapt my life to flow with this.
I don’t have “problems completing a project” either. I use what I call non-linear sub-task execution to get things done. Do a bit of this, do a bit of that, and eventually it gets done. If it doesn’t, that means I don’t actually want to get that project done anymore.
"Attention Deficit" is a misnomer. It implies the attention is missing.
It's not missing. It’s everywhere. It’s on the wrong things, it’s on the interesting things, the urgent things, the insignificant detail that I’ve chosen to hyperfocus on.
The deficit isn't in the attention. It's in the regul…
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