〰To people who zone out and hyperfocus and make unusual expressions while doing it
〰To people who chew on things
〰To people who move to the music on their ipod in public
〰To people who have obvious quirks like touching walls or railings in a specific way
〰To people with big stims that neurotypicals notice
〰To people that have meltdowns in public
〰 To people who can’t help talking about their hyperfixation
〰To people with poor volume control
You’re not weird or gross, do whatever you need to make yourself comfortable and able to do your best.
Tag: adhd
I am adhd doesn’t make grammatical sense
Interesting how when I was reading a lot of crap about ADHD I learned that you can’t have it without hyper focus but here we are some blog is denying that
What is hyper focus? I don’t know a lot about ADHD.
I probably shouldn’t answer that
That and I sort of have the type of understanding of it where I can’t really describe it
But from what I gather it’s Extra Focus basically. Intense focus. Focus++.
Oh oh oh, I think my Theatre teacher was talking about something like that. Like when he’s directing. He has ADHD so that makes sense.
I’ll look it up sometime though, or grab a book about it.
Yeah. It would make sense because it’s an ADHD term.
There’s a lot of stuff on the internet about it
In response to your tags, cuz I was thinking about it:
Hyper focus is a term used by people with ADHD to describe a symptom they experience, but outside of people with ADHD I’ve seen it used as just meaning really focused. I don’t see why anyone can’t say something like that. It’s not the same as someone saying “I’m so OCD” when they mean organized, because that creates a stereotype about a disorder.
It’s kind like the term “special interest” for people with autism and the term “favourite person” for people with BPD. Not many people say special interest unless they have autism, but a lot of people without BPD say favourite person. I don’t really see a problem with it, y’know. So just thinking of those comparisons… doesn’t seem like a problem, right?
I know, I’ve just never seen if referred to outside of people who have ADHD, and usually people just say they were extremely focused. I think it’s a frequency thing though, I don’t think it’s a disorder specific thing. Like hallucinations or something.
I’ve actually heard that autistic people and people with BPD consider those words for people within their disorder.
I mean people do say favorite people outside of BPD, but Favorite Person in the BPD sense is only for BPD.
Yeah, BPD favourite person is different than what most people would call a favourite person. I personally wouldn’t use special interest to describe any of my interests, and it seems like an odd thing for someone without autism to say.
What do you mean by frequency though? And not a disorder specific thing. Like, other people without the disorder or as part of a different disorder can experience the same kind of being hyper focused?
Yeah, I agree with that.
There are a lot of disorders with symptoms that seem like everyday things until you apply the impairment and frequency criteria.
For example, I have experienced every ADHD symptom at some point in my life.. However, because it’s not frequent and doesn’t reach the impairment criteria, I don’t have ADHD. I can say the same thing for Autism, and a fair number of other disorders.
It’s like when people dismiss someone talking about a disorder by saying it happens to everyone. Yeah, everyone feels sad sometimes, but not to the intensity of people who have depression.
OHHHHH okay, that’s what it’s called. Right, so that it affects your daily functioning.
Yeah, exactly.
Interesting how when I was reading a lot of crap about ADHD I learned that you can’t have it without hyper focus but here we are some blog is denying that
What is hyper focus? I don’t know a lot about ADHD.
It’s deep and intense concentration on a task. It’s probably why on occasions I’ve been able to drive on very little sleep, because I’m focused so hard on the road. Sometimes I’ll dissociate too from the focus?? IDK
Oh, interesting. That seems a bit dangerous though.
See, cuz people were bringing up that I might have ADHD (I want them to test me or whatever for that soon because I’m impatient and wanna know for sure lol) but I’m not sure if I’ve ever been hyper focused?
Depression can interfere with the symptoms of other disorders. Actually, symptoms can interfere with other disorder’s symptoms.
And to be completely honest it’s not like hyper focus is one of the ADHD criteria… but I have to take those with a small pile of salt because they’re kind of weird.
Wow, that sounds like HELL.
It really does, doesn’t it?
Interesting how when I was reading a lot of crap about ADHD I learned that you can’t have it without hyper focus but here we are some blog is denying that
What is hyper focus? I don’t know a lot about ADHD.
I probably shouldn’t answer that
That and I sort of have the type of understanding of it where I can’t really describe it
But from what I gather it’s Extra Focus basically. Intense focus. Focus++.
Oh oh oh, I think my Theatre teacher was talking about something like that. Like when he’s directing. He has ADHD so that makes sense.
I’ll look it up sometime though, or grab a book about it.
Yeah. It would make sense because it’s an ADHD term.
There’s a lot of stuff on the internet about it
In response to your tags, cuz I was thinking about it:
Hyper focus is a term used by people with ADHD to describe a symptom they experience, but outside of people with ADHD I’ve seen it used as just meaning really focused. I don’t see why anyone can’t say something like that. It’s not the same as someone saying “I’m so OCD” when they mean organized, because that creates a stereotype about a disorder.
It’s kind like the term “special interest” for people with autism and the term “favourite person” for people with BPD. Not many people say special interest unless they have autism, but a lot of people without BPD say favourite person. I don’t really see a problem with it, y’know. So just thinking of those comparisons… doesn’t seem like a problem, right?
I know, I’ve just never seen if referred to outside of people who have ADHD, and usually people just say they were extremely focused. I think it’s a frequency thing though, I don’t think it’s a disorder specific thing. Like hallucinations or something.
I’ve actually heard that autistic people and people with BPD consider those words for people within their disorder.
I mean people do say favorite people outside of BPD, but Favorite Person in the BPD sense is only for BPD.
Yeah, BPD favourite person is different than what most people would call a favourite person. I personally wouldn’t use special interest to describe any of my interests, and it seems like an odd thing for someone without autism to say.
What do you mean by frequency though? And not a disorder specific thing. Like, other people without the disorder or as part of a different disorder can experience the same kind of being hyper focused?
Yeah, I agree with that.
There are a lot of disorders with symptoms that seem like everyday things until you apply the impairment and frequency criteria.
For example, I have experienced every ADHD symptom at some point in my life.. However, because it’s not frequent and doesn’t reach the impairment criteria, I don’t have ADHD. I can say the same thing for Autism, and a fair number of other disorders.
It’s like when people dismiss someone talking about a disorder by saying it happens to everyone. Yeah, everyone feels sad sometimes, but not to the intensity of people who have depression.
Interesting how when I was reading a lot of crap about ADHD I learned that you can’t have it without hyper focus but here we are some blog is denying that
What is hyper focus? I don’t know a lot about ADHD.
It’s deep and intense concentration on a task. It’s probably why on occasions I’ve been able to drive on very little sleep, because I’m focused so hard on the road. Sometimes I’ll dissociate too from the focus?? IDK
Oh, interesting. That seems a bit dangerous though.
See, cuz people were bringing up that I might have ADHD (I want them to test me or whatever for that soon because I’m impatient and wanna know for sure lol) but I’m not sure if I’ve ever been hyper focused?
Depression can interfere with the symptoms of other disorders. Actually, symptoms can interfere with other disorder’s symptoms.
And to be completely honest it’s not like hyper focus is one of the ADHD criteria… but I have to take those with a small pile of salt because they’re kind of weird.
Interesting how when I was reading a lot of crap about ADHD I learned that you can’t have it without hyper focus but here we are some blog is denying that
What is hyper focus? I don’t know a lot about ADHD.
I probably shouldn’t answer that
That and I sort of have the type of understanding of it where I can’t really describe it
But from what I gather it’s Extra Focus basically. Intense focus. Focus++.
Oh oh oh, I think my Theatre teacher was talking about something like that. Like when he’s directing. He has ADHD so that makes sense.
I’ll look it up sometime though, or grab a book about it.
Yeah. It would make sense because it’s an ADHD term.
There’s a lot of stuff on the internet about it
In response to your tags, cuz I was thinking about it:
Hyper focus is a term used by people with ADHD to describe a symptom they experience, but outside of people with ADHD I’ve seen it used as just meaning really focused. I don’t see why anyone can’t say something like that. It’s not the same as someone saying “I’m so OCD” when they mean organized, because that creates a stereotype about a disorder.
It’s kind like the term “special interest” for people with autism and the term “favourite person” for people with BPD. Not many people say special interest unless they have autism, but a lot of people without BPD say favourite person. I don’t really see a problem with it, y’know. So just thinking of those comparisons… doesn’t seem like a problem, right?
I know, I’ve just never seen if referred to outside of people who have ADHD, and usually people just say they were extremely focused. I think it’s a frequency thing though, I don’t think it’s a disorder specific thing. Like hallucinations or something.
I’ve actually heard that autistic people and people with BPD consider those words for people within their disorder.
I mean people do say favorite people outside of BPD, but Favorite Person in the BPD sense is only for BPD.
Interesting how when I was reading a lot of crap about ADHD I learned that you can’t have it without hyper focus but here we are some blog is denying that
What is hyper focus? I don’t know a lot about ADHD.
It’s deep and intense concentration on a task. It’s probably why on occasions I’ve been able to drive on very little sleep, because I’m focused so hard on the road. Sometimes I’ll dissociate too from the focus?? IDK
Well the official definition is “an intense form of mental concentration or visualization that focuses consciousness on a subject, topic, or task” so that makes sense
Interesting how when I was reading a lot of crap about ADHD I learned that you can’t have it without hyper focus but here we are some blog is denying that
What is hyper focus? I don’t know a lot about ADHD.
I probably shouldn’t answer that
That and I sort of have the type of understanding of it where I can’t really describe it
But from what I gather it’s Extra Focus basically. Intense focus. Focus++.
Oh oh oh, I think my Theatre teacher was talking about something like that. Like when he’s directing. He has ADHD so that makes sense.
I’ll look it up sometime though, or grab a book about it.
Yeah. It would make sense because it’s an ADHD term.
There’s a lot of stuff on the internet about it
Interesting how when I was reading a lot of crap about ADHD I learned that you can’t have it without hyper focus but here we are some blog is denying that
What is hyper focus? I don’t know a lot about ADHD.
I probably shouldn’t answer that
That and I sort of have the type of understanding of it where I can’t really describe it
But from what I gather it’s Extra Focus basically. Intense focus. Focus++.
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