Do u have autism, be honest

[Cecily]

Nope, but ADD had enough overlap to make me the weird kid growing up. Elementary school scars lasted a long time from that, think till my early 30s. Hyperfocus let me play EQ 15+ hours a day.

[Smellybuttface]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nope, but ADD had enough overlap to make me the weird kid growing up. Elementary school scars lasted a long time from that, think till my early 30s. Hyperfocus let me play EQ 15+ hours a day.

I thought ADD prevented hyperfocus? Your attention being at quite a deficit?

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by Smellybuttface [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I thought ADD prevented hyperfocus? Your attention being at quite a deficit?

ADD/ADHD is about attention regulation and executive function. I can focus on the wrong things every waking hour of the day, periodically screaming in my head what I actually need to do and not be able to switch tasks to that, what's important. If something becomes interesting, my brain can hyperfocus locked in on it literally all day. It's a super power if you can get it to work on the right things, disabling/life-ruining if not. Sucks, because I'm otherwise super fucking smart, but it's awesome because my stressed-out, last minute productivity far exceeds the quality of the general population.