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As others have mentioned, "Hyperfocus". is one of the symptoms of ADHD. ADHD is really a misnomer, it should be called Attention control disorder. The famous

As others have mentioned, "Hyperfocus". is one of the symptoms of ADHD. ADHD is really a misnomer, it should be called Attention control disorder. The famous hyperactivity part that annoys parents and teachers is really just a way to self treat. Exercise in general helps, and one of the hypotheses I have heard is that the ADHD brain evolved to be constantly moving, and is only a problem with our modern stoic lifestyle. Though back to hyper focus, it is a curse and a blessing. Without it, I would never get anything done personally or professionally. Though I will also ignore family, friends, and work for entire days on things that are meaningless and I don't enjoy. Which really brings me to the core of ADHD. What you focus on has nothing to do with what you want, or what you enjoy. It is, to various degrees, out of your control. That said, I'm going to give the app a try, I have had some ideas for an app myself, but haven't found the focus to work on it.

suzzer99 5y ago
What's the difference between hyperfocus and flow state?
- dec0dedab0de 5y ago
  Not much. I would say that a flow state happens on purpose for something you want to do, and you can easily stop your flow even though it may be difficult to get it started again. With Hyper focus it may happen to something you don't want it to, and you can't easily stop. In the moment it is hard to tell the difference, at least when it's something you want to do. For example, I was late to an event for my child the other day because I was trying to improve the speed of a one time copy of data from an old computer to a new one. To the point that when I finally pulled myself away, after receiving multiple phone calls, it had been hours and the original method would have been finished if I had just let it run. I felt like I was being productive, but I was not. Once I realized I was wasting my time it took me two more hours to stop.
  - jdavis703 5y ago
    An example of a bad flow state is I’ll get locked in a Wikipedia hole. It might start on reading up on a topic I need for work (e.g. a class of algorithms), and then next thing I know I’m 6 degrees away from the topic I was supposed to be studying reading about a 16th century battle or whatever.
dec0dedab0de 5y ago
It's too late to edit, but after reading about the subscription model, I will not be trying this app.

suzzer99 5y ago

What's the difference between hyperfocus and flow state?

dec0dedab0de 5y ago
Not much. I would say that a flow state happens on purpose for something you want to do, and you can easily stop your flow even though it may be difficult to get it started again. With Hyper focus it may happen to something you don't want it to, and you can't easily stop. In the moment it is hard to tell the difference, at least when it's something you want to do. For example, I was late to an event for my child the other day because I was trying to improve the speed of a one time copy of data from an old computer to a new one. To the point that when I finally pulled myself away, after receiving multiple phone calls, it had been hours and the original method would have been finished if I had just let it run. I felt like I was being productive, but I was not. Once I realized I was wasting my time it took me two more hours to stop.
- jdavis703 5y ago
  An example of a bad flow state is I’ll get locked in a Wikipedia hole. It might start on reading up on a topic I need for work (e.g. a class of algorithms), and then next thing I know I’m 6 degrees away from the topic I was supposed to be studying reading about a 16th century battle or whatever.

dec0dedab0de 5y ago

It's too late to edit, but after reading about the subscription model, I will not be trying this app.