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ADHD & VAST
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Variable Attention Stimulus Trait.
These two share symptoms that are prevalent in our culture and often brought on by our fast paced modern life. Just because you are forgetful or inattentive doesn't mean you have ADHD, it could just be symptoms of VAST.
No matter what the diagnose is or is not, everyone can improve themselves and navigate through life with a compassionate understanding of how their brain works.
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Now and Not Now
Everyone's experience with ADHD is different but what the book ADHD 2.0 shares is how ADHD affects individuals with a warped sense of time.
Explaining that the passage of time feels different for people with ADHD. You might need to get ready for something in the future such as getting ready for work, but as that is in the future and not "now" it can create space for a ADHD brain to search for other stimuli. Since they can become engrossed in that stimuli and the "now", the passage of time is not noticed. Leading to the classic traits of ADHD, inattention and impulsivity.
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Itching with creativity
Feeling an overwhelmed sense of need to be creative and constantly bursting at the seams with ideas is also a classic ADHD trait.
Trying to shut this off it is not only suffocating but also unnecessary. It is much more beneficial to harness and steer that energy. It can be used to an advantage to focus in on a task at hand with more attention, concentration, and dedication.
To motivate this attention into this positive outcome it must find the right thing in that "now" moment. Harnessing the stimulating part about the task at hand.
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