ADD is not the inability to focus evar. What it actually does is makes you incapable of selectively focusing on a single thing - the rest of the universe, including the inside of your head, is just too loud. I have 9 windows and 12 tabs open right now, and I'm just jumping between them as my focus shifts. I'm having a little bit of a problem, too, because I'm trying to type this comment, and several of my co-workers are having several disparate conversations in the background, and I'm very easily distracted by sounds.
I know a lot of people who like graphic novels. Personally, I have a hard time with them, because I have to make myself slow down and look at the pictures.
Really, and I'm kind of thinking out loud here, so forgive the ramblingness, I think the fundamental problem with ADD is the inability to choose your focal priorities. Certain things always have priorities over others, regardless of whether it's appropriate. Sounds, then words, then pictures - which means I not only get distracted by other people's conversations, but squeaky noises drive me straight up the wall and render me completely incapable of concentration; and I can't look at pictures when there are words on the page too. It's weird and hard to explain, but there you are.
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Date: 2008-02-22 09:05 pm (UTC)I know a lot of people who like graphic novels. Personally, I have a hard time with them, because I have to make myself slow down and look at the pictures.
Really, and I'm kind of thinking out loud here, so forgive the ramblingness, I think the fundamental problem with ADD is the inability to choose your focal priorities. Certain things always have priorities over others, regardless of whether it's appropriate. Sounds, then words, then pictures - which means I not only get distracted by other people's conversations, but squeaky noises drive me straight up the wall and render me completely incapable of concentration; and I can't look at pictures when there are words on the page too. It's weird and hard to explain, but there you are.