Why You Can Read ACOTAR for Hours But Can't Do HW (monotoprism pt. 3 of 3) | The Neurocuriosity Club
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- No, you're not making up your ADHD just because you can really, REALLY focus sometimes.
That's actually part of ADHD, and it's called "hyperfocus."
In this video, I'll explain what hyperfocus is, how it works, and why it's actually a key feature of ADHD, not an exception to the rule.
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I hope people recognize the importance of this video. If you ever consider writing a book about these topics, I would buy it! It would be beneficial to so many people! I love how eloquently you speak; it's always a joy listening to you talk about these topics. ❤🤗
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Ahhhh. Now that is a good metaphor. If you slow down, you may sink into hyper-focus. Or you may sink into something I'm just learning more about, something I'm temporarily calling "noise brain." I saw How To ADHD's recent interview on negative self-talk with Dr. Hallowell and I'm still putting the pieces together.... Basically he talks about random, often negative thoughts and emotions that can arise when we slow down. When I'm too tired to be engaged very much, I need to find a mild focus, preferably one with a rhythm to it, to keep me, like that lizard, from sinking in less than healthy ways. I'm going to be thinking about that lizard a LOT! Thank you! PS Whoa - just got to the part with the light switch examples... triple thanks!! A superb way of looking at things and SO helpful!!
This series and concept feels so ground breaking in understanding what is going on inside my brain. I’m huge on understanding the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of things. Thank you for covering this!!!
A neurotypical mind sees activity paths. For example, the dinner path involves preheating the oven, chopping some vegetables, etc.
Neurotypical people turn their attention onto a particular path, and they naturally travel that path until they get to the destination or a fork. Rinse and repeat.
My perspective is that ADHD brains simply aren't attuned to these paths. Instead they see shiny things. They see one shiny thing, pick it up then see another shiny thing and so on.
Reading a book from start to finish appears, to a neurotypical person as a path. If they see someone read a book from start to finish they assume the person was following that path. But, it's often the case that *a trail of shiny things happens to follow the exact same route as a path.* In such situations, someone with an ADHD brain (who doesn't notice the path but rather proceeds from one shiny thing to the next) may appear to the neurotypical observer as someone who can follow a path, but it's not true.
The difference between behaviour that appears to be distracted, inattentive wandering and behaviour that appears to be hyperfocus is nothing more than whether the arrangement of shiny things in the world happens to coincide with what neurotypical people see as a path.
Everyone is _"paying attention to"_ whatever they have in their mind at a given moment. From that perspective, everyone is paying attention *100%* of the time.
The question is, what are we paying attention *_to?_* If we can't pay attention to our homework, it's because we *_can't stop paying attention_* to something else. That's just two ways of describing *_the exact same issue!_*
Is that too much attention or too little attention? The question doesn't make sense. Too much attention on one thing = too little attention on something else.
Furthermore, I'd say that my mind jumping from one point of attention to another is often an expression of not being able to pay attention to normal pressing concerns. For example, when I'm getting ready for work and I keep forgetting what I'm doing, it's not because there are too many things my mind is occupied by, it's because the things I need my mind to be occupied by are not the same as the things my mind is compelled to be occupied by.
That is, there aren't these two different "distracted" and "hyperfocus" modes, rather they're exactly the same thing: me always being uncontrollably compelled to pay attention to whatever I find interesting.
So my brain is a strobe light rave. This explains so much. 😂
3000 seems a little low lol great vid ty
rude, i thought i had a lamp but you are saying that i just turning my flashlight around so fast that i thought i had a lamp
Oh yes, sounds familiar to me
I absolutely love reading but lately I’m struggling. Books are one of my main hyper focus long term. I’m left with just audiobooks right now I miss reading actual books. 😢😭