People with ADD can hyperfocus
AHAHAHA YES. Also known as "if work was more like a video game I'd be queen of the fucking universe".
I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
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amych - Feb 23, 2011 8:02:23 am PST #16027 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
DebetEsse - Feb 23, 2011 8:13:50 am PST #16028 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Seriously. There must be some practical application for video game skills, mustn't there?
I am sitting in the Box Office. I am hungry, since I did not microwave my lunch before we opened because I was just supposed to be here long enough to get the volunteer started. But apparently, this is the week where (as my boss made vague noises about), she's working Friday instead of Wednesday. I think I may take the phone off the hook for a couple minutes and be not hungry.
I'm torn between "It's already Wednesday?!" and "It's only Wednesday?!"
Beverly - Feb 23, 2011 8:52:49 am PST #16029 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Listening to the addictive/hyperfocus talk and just nodding. Would have been useful to know when I was a child. Or to know more when my kids were small.
I didn't realize it until much later, but my hyperfocus can be very scary and offputting to people who are not me. For me? It's one of the few ways I can actually get anything done.
WindSparrow - Feb 23, 2011 8:59:38 am PST #16030 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Apparently clinical studies (as opposed to anecdata) have shown fairly conclusively that people with ADD/ADHD are *vastly* more likely to develop addictions than are people without ADD/ADHD.
Self-medication. See also, massive use of caffeine.
I saw a friend of mine who I assume has ADD take a hit off a joint and then get quicker at the game we were playing.
Hello, ADD/ADHD paradoxical effect. It can be interesting. Sometimes it can be fun. It's also hilarious when the pharmacist didn't get it, and openly expressed concerns that a stimulant might be too stimulating for me. Although, honestly, it WAS an off-label use.
Jessica - Feb 23, 2011 9:30:58 am PST #16031 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Apparently clinical studies (as opposed to anecdata) have shown fairly conclusively that people with ADD/ADHD are *vastly* more likely to develop addictions than are people without ADD/ADHD.
That's fascinating - I'd love to understand more about the neurochemistry behind this. (In my family it's either/or, but it makes total sense that there are related underlying mechanisms.)
sj - Feb 23, 2011 9:36:43 am PST #16032 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Apparently clinical studies (as opposed to anecdata) have shown fairly conclusively that people with ADD/ADHD are *vastly* more likely to develop addictions than are people without ADD/ADHD.
I've also seen studies that relate this to the high percentage of people with ADD in prison.
Cass - Feb 23, 2011 9:41:35 am PST #16033 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
There must be some practical application for video game skills, mustn't there?
And we can't all be fighter pilots.
I get a couple hours of Laura time today! And I have ten more minutes of online before I have to leave. Um, if I'm late, Laura, there was traffic. Yes, traffic. Not that I got eated by internets, not that. Totally the traffic thing.
Zenkitty - Feb 23, 2011 10:08:17 am PST #16034 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm fascinated by the ADD/ADHD thing. More and more I suspect that I am ADD, though obviously never diagnosed. It would explain SO much. I need to do some reading.
tommyrot - Feb 23, 2011 10:09:29 am PST #16035 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
More and more I suspect that I am ADD, though obviously never diagnosed. It would explain SO much. I need to do some reading.
I don't think I am ADD, but if you find some good info could you post a link here?
sj - Feb 23, 2011 10:11:12 am PST #16036 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Zenkitty, this is a good place to start.