Video games and information about whatever is piquing my interest at the time have always been my addictions[1]. Video games have always been my escape, while subjects I am interested in just typically trigger hyperfocus.
Other than the "escape" video games provide, there is also a strong correlation between desired outcomes and effort. Much unlike real life where hard work is rarely rewarded and typically taken advantage of. I have always felt like I have had to put a lot of effort into things just to function "normally," and I do not have the make-up to excel in anything.
I know I have, and probably still do, waste a lot of time with video games and media (I should be working right now), but in some dark way it's one of the few areas in life where I feel like I can actually be halfway decent at something.
I've been a professional software engineer for almost 6 years, and I still feel like most junior devs and fresh grads could spin circles around me. I try to improve, I put in hardwork, but I have nothing to show for it.
I treat my condition(s), but at the end of the day I feel like I am just living the story of "Flowers for Algernon."
[1] I do not mean addictions as defined by medical terminology, but in a more commonly used manner.
Maybe - just maybe - children with ADHD, aggression and/or anxiety find a world they understand or can escape into with whatever they are watching - something that makes more sense or helps them deal with the world.
Correlation vs causation.