Re:How to Be Indistractable
by throw1234651234 on Thursday September 03, 2020 @01:57PM
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Not necessarily. Can you not run because you have mild asthma / a weak heart, or because you never ran? It's hard to tell the difference between the two. Same here.
Over-diagnosing is a real problem, it's the opposite end of "victim blaming", but it's also a dangerous extreme.
There are people who can't focus on anything who don't have ADHD. Willpower is directly trainable through a number of things - working memory exercises, physical exercise, practicing it, meditation, etc.
Re:How to Be Indistractable
by darkarmani on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:15PM
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> Willpower is directly trainable through a number of things - working memory exercises, physical exercise, practicing it, meditation, etc.
That still doesn't mean it isn't ADHD. In fact the best results come from a treatment of cognitive behavioral sessions and medication.
Certainly, some cultures have features where the symptoms are less obvious than other cultures.
Isn't the "lack of willpower" directly related to the underlying medical condition?