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by seba_dos1
355 days ago
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Not really. That's how inattentive type of ADHD looks like from the outside, but it's not how someone with it would usually describe it. It's the PoV of a parent of a kid with ADHD and a reason it took me so long to figure out that I may have it myself. I can concentrate on tasks very well, perhaps too well sometimes. My problem is that it's not my decision what I concentrate on. I do feel like doing something productive pretty much all the time, perhaps even too much. It's just that there's a long road between "feeling like doing" and "actually doing". Procrastination implies choice. It's not my choice to do things last minute, it's just that it's often the only moment when panic manages to override my lack of executive function. Sleep deprivation helps too, for the same reasons. |
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Why you feel you can't concentrate on some things, but on others, can also be explained id you are an obsessive compulsive personality type with anxiety disorders. Explore "anxiety avoidance" ( https://www.meridian-counseling.com/blog/what-is-avoidance-b... ). At its extreme, people trapped in the vicious cycle of anxiety avoidance often even convince themselves that they have some other serious kind of issue (as a maladaptive coping mechanism to justify to themselves why they are giving in to avoidance behaviour).