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by borski 1350 days ago
For sure! One of the hallmarks in how ADHD often presents is also hyperfocus on things they’re particularly interested in, which also exists in non-ADHD folks sometimes of course. Paul was clearly curious about everything, and hyperfocused on a few things (music). Get Back is a great thing to watch to see this in action; his brain flies from idea to idea, until he lands on one he is imminently curious about and then that’s all he talks or thinks about for hours.
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It's not so much hyperfocus as the inability of the executive function to unswitch