To the layperson, ADHD is defined by distractibility — and anyone who’s able to focus with laser-like intensity couldn’t possibly be diagnosed with ADHD. Right? Wrong.
Or favorite video game.You can fill in the blanks better than we can; you know the feeling of falling into a deep well of focus and swimming around the bottom of it for hours before realizing you’ve run out of daylight. You also know the frustration of explaining to people that your ability to focus in certain arenas and not others is not a matter of choice.
“His hyperfocus means he usually excels at the things he chooses to do,” said one 38-year-old woman whose husband tends to hyperfocus on sports. While she admits that it can “monopolize” his attention, she believes that the skills it gives him outweigh any lost time. Hyperfocus may be trained on people, too — often resulting in whirlwind romances or deep, lasting friendships.
“I have to remind him constantly that it’s time to go, time to eat, time to sleep,” said Emily, a 39-year-old woman whose husband has ADHD. Keisha, also 39, said, “When I gave birth to my son, he spent so much time and detail on cleaning our car that it upset me. He had not seen our child yet — but he justAnd hyperfocus isn’t always directed at “positive” tasks. Lisa, a 49-year-old woman whose husband has ADHD, says her husband tends to hyperfocus on “computer games and movies on the Internet.
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