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Re:A neuroscientist who believes addiction is not a disease by oofabz on Sunday August 30, 2015 @05:19PM (#10144512)
A kid might focus for hours on video games, while telling himself he really needs to write that paper for class tomorrow. Maybe you could say his id is in control of focus, not his ego.
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Re:A neuroscientist who believes addiction is not a disease by tomp on Sunday August 30, 2015 @06:36PM (#10144679)
Doesn't that describe pretty much everyone? Or maybe I have ADD as well...
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Re:A neuroscientist who believes addiction is not a disease by wpietri on Monday August 31, 2015 @01:11PM (#10147840)
If you're curious, I found the books by Hallowell and Ratey helpful. One of them contained a self-assessment quiz. It's meant to be descriptive, not diagnostic, but it was very useful to me in seeing the pattern. Here's a web version:

http://www.drhallowell.com/blog/adhd-self-assessment-quiz-2/

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