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Re-thinking hyperfocus: ADHD hyperfixations are essential for brain nourishment & wellbeing

Future ADHD

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The Quality of Attention That Comes Naturally to Most People With ADHD

Today's focus is hyper focus. I really want to talk about the quality that comes naturally to almost everyone with ADHD or who thinks they might have ADHD, whether you have an official diagnosis or you're self-diagnosed. And that is this ability to hyper focus. In fact, I think that we have not just a surplus of attention, which is something that often gets contrasted against the deficit. That may be true, but I think we have a quality of attention. We don't just skate across the surface of it. It means that it's innate. It's how we have evolved to be and our neurotype can function in a way that works for us.

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