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Not exactly. It's definitely not ADHD if there's no prolonged and debilitating impact. Being distracted an hour there and a couple there is not like ADHD. ADHD
by 331c8c71 4y ago
Not exactly. It's definitely not ADHD if there's no prolonged and debilitating impact. Being distracted an hour there and a couple there is not like ADHD.
ADHD would be like more like falling in a pit where one basically cannot do anything meaningful for days and days despite willing to do so (if the motivation is lost, in turn, we are talking about depression-like states).
I doubt that many of normal smartphone users get into such pits despite they appear distracted and might have an urge to get into one's smartphone.
- tobylane 4y agoAgreed. We may have a lack of practise/comfort with the slower pace, but I think it call it ADHD is to understate the disorder.
- ketzo 4y agoADD/ADHD are very much a spectrum. If someone is having trouble focusing for a few hours a day, even if it’s not literal days on end, I don’t think it’s crazy to investigate ADD/ADHD as the cause/name of the problem.
- 331c8c71 4y agoAgreed. Especially if slacking for days would quickly lead to negative consequences. ADHDs are often distracted until the very last moment when the failure becomes imminent -- and then work to avoid it.
- rootusrootus 4y agoSome times I go through periods where I do that repeatedly. Distracted and unproductive, to the point where it physically hurts, until there's no possible alternative but to work hard or fail.