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Hyper aware of situation and easily distracted are opposites.
by ipaddr 3y ago
Hyper aware of situation and easily distracted are opposites.
- ip26 3y agoThe line of thought is, “easily distracted” can in practice mean “noticing everything”. Awareness lies partly in conflict with focus.
- rstuart4133 3y agoYep. This bit didn't ring true to me: > Imagine the advantage these traits would confer to hunter-gatherers: an alertness to the subtlest signs of danger, a focus that zeroes in on moving prey. In essence, ADHD could have been Mother Nature's wild card, a survival strategy for our roving ancestors. As it happens, my daughter and myself are the "hyper aware" members of our family. Both of us seem to be subconsciously constantly scanning our environment all the time. In concrete terms, we are more likely to notice a friend walking on the other side of a street, or that a shop has a broken window on a dark night. Another thing we both have in common is the ability to focus for long periods on a single task, longer than the rest of the family - so we are both not ADHD. Quite the reverse. But then none of the family has ADHD. The difference seems to be my daughter and I are the introverts. So while the others are busy interacting with each other, we are using our spare mental capacity to scan the world around us.
- ip26 3y agothe ability to focus for long periods on a single task, longer than the rest of the family Practical focus on any task that needs doing? Or borderline obsessive, and only on tasks that really interest or motivate you?