Yeah hyper focus can be very intense. I think it's a reason so many of us do very well at jobs where the shit hits the fan such as emergency services, fire fighters, intense crazy deadlines, stuff with Adrenalin. We can be great in a pinch. I'm sure in the days long before desk jobs when tribal warfare and hunting were common we were champions...farming though probably not so much.
LOL, this made me laugh! No shit! I'd be a horrible gardener or farmer back in colonial times.
I would almost bet that John Wilkes Booth had ADHD. He was an actor, had fabulous hair, was an assassin, and was incredibly stylish for the time period. He was good at fencing, was a horseman, was described as an "indifferent student" who was considered smart.
Yeah I've tended to think of it as variance disorder. We can be Incredibly on. And that fools people around us who think we should be able to accomplish this all the time. I'm lucky my executive functioning is okay. But yeah I'm an inattentive type and I definitely miss things. My mom is a semi hoarder and when I had to move home for a bit it was killing my ADHD. I could never find anything once I set it down, it would just disappear into the mess. I tried to explain to her once that the way she lived was like having someone not only fail to supply access ramps but also having them kick my wheelchair constantly.
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