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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by belter on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:01AM (#27615686)
Always though ADHD was not about being able to have unbiased sense of a person. Instead much more about the inability to interact and be perceptive about the world and persons around you.
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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by treeman79 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:11AM (#27616922)
Hyper focus is a benefit of ADHD. It just has to be interesting.

I couldn’t read people in teens. In 20s I decided to change that. Would stare intently at a person face and watch every muscle movement, tone, etc. read some books on body language.

Was absurdly exhausting for me. But I got very good at reading people. Eventually it went from intense analytical analysis to just “normal” paying attention.

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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by pengstrom on Thursday June 24, 2021 @08:44AM (#27616668)
Might be true, but it's complicated by mental illness being defined in terms of ability to participate in society. This includes various deeply irrational behaviours.
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