Re:To Stop Procrastinating, Start by Understanding the Emoti...
by jhayward on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @12:17PM
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You are right - diagnosing ADHD is for professionals as it can be complex to separate out from several other diagnoses. But lets look at what you just wrote:
- Lack of awareness or concern for timelines until immediate consequences loom.
- Inability to control focus if not emotionally invested. (So-called hyperfocus is much part of ADHD as is non-focus).
These are both things that would light up an ADHD scoreboard. They're almost direct quotes from the literature, and if you spoke to a group of ADHD people they would recognize them immediately.
People with ADHD have many explanations for "why" they are this way. A lifetime of rationalization does not make it not so. So perhaps talk to an ADHD specialist - it can make a huge difference in your life, and your loved ones.
Ask someone diagnosed in later life, say, over 40, if they would have preferred to not be rationalizing and suffering the consequences over the last 20 to 30 years.
- Lack of awareness or concern for timelines until immediate consequences loom.
- Inability to control focus if not emotionally invested. (So-called hyperfocus is much part of ADHD as is non-focus).
These are both things that would light up an ADHD scoreboard. They're almost direct quotes from the literature, and if you spoke to a group of ADHD people they would recognize them immediately.
People with ADHD have many explanations for "why" they are this way. A lifetime of rationalization does not make it not so. So perhaps talk to an ADHD specialist - it can make a huge difference in your life, and your loved ones.
Ask someone diagnosed in later life, say, over 40, if they would have preferred to not be rationalizing and suffering the consequences over the last 20 to 30 years.