Order from Chaos: The Everyday Grind of Staying Organized with Adult ADHD by Jaclyn Paul

Author:Jaclyn Paul [Paul, Jaclyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Summit to Sea, LLC
Published: 2018-05-21T17:00:00+00:00

Contain sources of distraction and inappropriate hyperfocus

While the first D in ADHD stands for deficit, people with ADHD don’t start out with less attention than everyone else. ADHD cripples our attention regulation, stripping us of the choice as to where our attention focuses — or doesn’t. As you sweep your chaos into containers, you’ll do well to consider which tangible and intangible items cause you to hit a snag.

People with ADHD can be derailed by too many distractions, like cell phone notifications beeping every 90 seconds. We also fall victim to the opposite: tunnel vision that removes us from time and reality. Judging from the ubiquity of the “look! a squirrel!” cliché, most people know all about ADHD and distraction. You may not know about its counterpart, hyperfocus. Both hyperfocus and distraction can ruin your day. Identify and contain sources of both.

Full disclosure: I harbor a tiny bit of anti-hyperfocus bias. I experience it less often than some ADHDers, which makes me disinclined to laud it as an ADHD superpower. When I do hyperfocus, it often manifests in a negative emotional state that I wish I could escape.

My husband, on the other hand, is a champion hyperfocuser. While this gives him stamina to pull all-nighters when the need arises, it also gives him stamina to pull all-nighters when the need has not arisen — and I’m expecting him to share half of a long drive the next day. If hyperfocus is a superpower, it must be trained and managed. Left unchecked, it does far more harm than good.

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