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As a person with ADHD I actually think that it makes this type of addiction less likely, almost impossible. People with ADHD crave novelty and these free to pl
by lotu 11y ago
As a person with ADHD I actually think that it makes this type of addiction less likely, almost impossible. People with ADHD crave novelty and these free to play games are anything but novel. For example I spent several consecutive hours playing 2048 when it first came out. But after a beat it twice I never played it again it was boring. However I know one person who I know dosent have ADHD who still players it all the time on his phone. The very idea of doing that seams so dull to me even though I know he enjoys it.
- derefr 11y agoI do actually have ADHD myself as well (clinically diagnosed and everything), and you are indeed right—ADHD makes it harder to get entrapped by such addictions. I was using the idea as a shorthand (which I guess by the downvotes is a Very Bad Thing I should never do?) America doesn't have an ADHD problem—it has a dopaminergic imbalance problem, but in the other direction which people don't talk about nearly ever. America has a hypomania problem. The "Protestant work ethic" is what you get when social mores are mostly decided by people who are unable to get bored. Given that America was founded by such people, the gene pool experienced a heavy selection effect toward hypomanic tendencies and hasn't recovered since. (America's immigration policies only accepting what amount to extremely hard workers continue this trend.)