As someone who has always said "ADD" is bullshit, this changes my perspective. I've seen too many people with "ADD" spend ridiculous amounts of time on things they wanted to do, but never on things they needed to do.
After watching this video, I can absolutely get behind an idea that someone can have a complete mental inability to process consequence...or possibly a better word would be necessity to be forward thinking. I get that. But I've always had a hard time about the calling it a "deficit of attention".
I've seen the same person who couldn't handle sitting in school for 30 minutes sit in a tree for hours completely still while hunting, or stand in a stream fishing all day saying nothing. If it was truly a deficit of attention this wouldn't be possible.
But now, thinking about this as a lack of being able to think about the consequences of doing the thing you don't presently want to do and how it will affect you later.... that's really eye opening.
But now, thinking about this as a lack of being able to think about the consequences of doing the thing you don't presently want to do and how it will affect you later.... that's really eye opening.
I think literally everyone has this issue, though. Exercise for example makes us feel great, but we really have to remind ourselves of it or stay motivated in some way. The second we start, we realise how good of a decision it was. Over 50% of some countries are overweight, so at least 50% of people are suffering from ADHD here? Just like with procrastinating etc, if you've been worked into a good habit/routine throughout childhood and given an easy ride through all these very common human-pitfalls, you'll not have "ADHD" because making good decisions will be second nature. I had the complete opposite, so I've battled with all the things brought up in this thread, and I'm seeing things I've worked out being given as advice too. This is way too common to be a "disorder", no?
Wow yeah what you're saying is like...reprehensible, but also dizzyingly incoherent.
It's almost like you don't know anything about mental disorders wow!
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u/poscaps May 30 '17
As someone who has always said "ADD" is bullshit, this changes my perspective. I've seen too many people with "ADD" spend ridiculous amounts of time on things they wanted to do, but never on things they needed to do.
After watching this video, I can absolutely get behind an idea that someone can have a complete mental inability to process consequence...or possibly a better word would be necessity to be forward thinking. I get that. But I've always had a hard time about the calling it a "deficit of attention".
I've seen the same person who couldn't handle sitting in school for 30 minutes sit in a tree for hours completely still while hunting, or stand in a stream fishing all day saying nothing. If it was truly a deficit of attention this wouldn't be possible.
But now, thinking about this as a lack of being able to think about the consequences of doing the thing you don't presently want to do and how it will affect you later.... that's really eye opening.