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I believe you. I'm just telling my own personal experience. What works for you doesn't seem to work for me. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? But also: I'm purel

by wkjagt 17d ago

I believe you. I'm just telling my own personal experience. What works for you doesn't seem to work for me. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? But also: I'm purely doing things for my own pleasure now, so whatever I enjoy more is what I'm free to do. Again though, that's just me.

LogicFailsMe 17d ago
I would absolutely believe people on the spectrum with hyperfocus-oriented ADHD (such as myself) might knock things out of the park with coding agents while everyone else is befuddled by their bizarre behavior. But then, I don't get the slow pace and fake drama of reality TV and professional wrestling, yet so many others do. Similarly, starting with British serial dramas like Survivors and Blake's Seven in the 80s, I really enjoy serialized dramas with an intricately constructed world. We are not all alike inside IMO, but that's 100% a good thing too.
- breezybottom 17d ago
  ADHD is an inability to focus. ChatGPT diagnosed you incorrectly.
  - LogicFailsMe 17d ago
    Not even wrong: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/hyperfocus-and-adhd https://health.clevelandclinic.org/hyperfocus-and-adhd "When you have ADHD, the problem isn’t that you lack attention, it’s that you struggle to control your attention — to put your attention where you want it to go rather than having it go where it wants to go. Hyperfocus is a natural consequence of that lack of control." Lived it. Made it work for me professionally in the end. Do not not need pointy hair edicts telling me how to do career development.
    - breezybottom 17d ago
      Sounds like it's just telling you what you want to hear. ADHD is when you can't focus, or when you focus too much. Really meaningful label then.
      - LogicFailsMe 17d ago
        The Cleveland clinic is telling me what I want to hear? Righto squire.
      - ragequittah 17d ago
        As odd as it sounds this is correct. Hyper focus is a huge problem with ADHD. You forget to eat and get worse sleep because you're so focused on 1 problem. This often means that you pay attention to nothing else around you or what's actually important which is where the deficit is.
        breezybottom 17d ago
        Sounds like you're just defining ADHD to mean whatever you want it to mean. Thankfully we didn't have TikTok to diagnose hyperfocusers like Einstein with a brain disease, or we never would have got general relativity.
        ragequittah 17d ago
        I highly suggest you read about the subject. This isn't the fringe science you're implying. It's a big reason I was diagnosed by my doctor. And it's often treated quite well by taking ADHD medications. “While the estimated 8 million adults in the USA affected by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might find it nearly impossible to sit still in a lecture hall or excruciatingly challenging to focus on writing a term paper, these same individuals might find themselves spending hours at a time composing a new song, tinkering with their car, writing computer code, or watching television (Kessler et al., 2006). The term “hyperfocus” (HF) has been used to characterize this state of heightened, focused attention that individuals with ADHD frequently report (Brown, 2005; Conner, 1994; Ozel-Kizil et al., 2016).”[1] [1]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ Other reading: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12438511/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12438511/
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by wkjagt 17d ago

LogicFailsMe 17d ago

I would absolutely believe people on the spectrum with hyperfocus-oriented ADHD (such as myself) might knock things out of the park with coding agents while everyone else is befuddled by their bizarre behavior. But then, I don't get the slow pace and fake drama of reality TV and professional wrestling, yet so many others do. Similarly, starting with British serial dramas like Survivors and Blake's Seven in the 80s, I really enjoy serialized dramas with an intricately constructed world. We are not all alike inside IMO, but that's 100% a good thing too.

breezybottom 17d ago
ADHD is an inability to focus. ChatGPT diagnosed you incorrectly.
- LogicFailsMe 17d ago
  Not even wrong: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/hyperfocus-and-adhd https://health.clevelandclinic.org/hyperfocus-and-adhd "When you have ADHD, the problem isn’t that you lack attention, it’s that you struggle to control your attention — to put your attention where you want it to go rather than having it go where it wants to go. Hyperfocus is a natural consequence of that lack of control." Lived it. Made it work for me professionally in the end. Do not not need pointy hair edicts telling me how to do career development.
  - breezybottom 17d ago
    Sounds like it's just telling you what you want to hear. ADHD is when you can't focus, or when you focus too much. Really meaningful label then.
    - LogicFailsMe 17d ago
      The Cleveland clinic is telling me what I want to hear? Righto squire.
    - ragequittah 17d ago
      As odd as it sounds this is correct. Hyper focus is a huge problem with ADHD. You forget to eat and get worse sleep because you're so focused on 1 problem. This often means that you pay attention to nothing else around you or what's actually important which is where the deficit is.
      - breezybottom 17d ago
        Sounds like you're just defining ADHD to mean whatever you want it to mean. Thankfully we didn't have TikTok to diagnose hyperfocusers like Einstein with a brain disease, or we never would have got general relativity.
        ragequittah 17d ago
        I highly suggest you read about the subject. This isn't the fringe science you're implying. It's a big reason I was diagnosed by my doctor. And it's often treated quite well by taking ADHD medications. “While the estimated 8 million adults in the USA affected by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might find it nearly impossible to sit still in a lecture hall or excruciatingly challenging to focus on writing a term paper, these same individuals might find themselves spending hours at a time composing a new song, tinkering with their car, writing computer code, or watching television (Kessler et al., 2006). The term “hyperfocus” (HF) has been used to characterize this state of heightened, focused attention that individuals with ADHD frequently report (Brown, 2005; Conner, 1994; Ozel-Kizil et al., 2016).”[1] [1]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ Other reading: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12438511/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12438511/
        17d ago