r/videos • u/Jtaimelafolie • May 30 '17

This guy's presentation on ADHD is excellent

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JowPOqRmxNs
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u/[deleted] May 30 '17

what was your diagnoses? Cause I'm the same way, laid back, can sometimes get lost in games or shows for plenty of time, but with most things it's like people describe above, doesn't matter if i prepare, things are getting done at the last possible second, always, and they have to be emergencies

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u/Douche_Kayak May 30 '17

I was diagnosed with type 1 adhd with no symptoms of hyperactivity besides really fast reaction rate which is probably due to the gaming.

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u/Vosje11 May 30 '17 edited May 30 '17

You see, I have a theory about this and it's probably gonna get buried but i'm gonna give it a shot anyway.

You know how they call this generation this age of ADHD and it's diagnosed alot more in the past years. What if ADD / ADHD is just really young people watching tv or playing video games and OVERDEVELOP the ability to progress information faster in short periods of time but in exchange lose the ability to hold their focus and concentration longer because of this "hyper active focus".

You see, your muscles have a short muscle to explode and run super fast, but they also have long muscles which trained, can run marathons! it's the same theory but in your brains.

This would also explain why stereotype athletic & fighter types of people are not all that bright but good at what they do, because they have trained their fast memory muscles to quickly process information and calculations, gamers also have insane reactions because of this but they're vived learners most of the time. That's why the stereotypical "nerd" is not very athletic, it's because they trained their long memory muscles over their short ones, they never needed the short ones anyway because they were in a safe enviroment so they focused on abstract and smart thinking what makes out the great thinkers of today.

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u/Slight0 May 31 '17

I've heard this before. Also chronic sleep deprivation (due to video games and other sources of significant stimulation) can cause ADD/ADHD symptoms. Lots of kids in my school were tired for one reason or another and I among them almost always due to staying up due to TV or the computer. Missing sleep is the easiest way to stifle your mental facilities and if it becomes a chronic problem those mental facilities can become permenantly damaged in a very physical way.