Comment on Some people are really good at concentrating their attention. (when writing software, playing games, reading etc). It's a superpower. What are other attention superpowers?

NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Man I feel you because same. I can hyperfocus on one task for 4 hours and become masterful at it, but I can’t remember to put away the thing that’s been sitting out for a week

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  • dope@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In the OP I asked for something other than concentrating. But all the replies so far refer to the fruits of concentration.

    Like talking about sticking out your index finger, and then talking about all the amazing things that you can poke with it (and yes the horrors of fingercramp etc).

    But what else can I do with my hand?

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    • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Masturbate!

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• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Being neurodivergent definitely can have benefits as well as drawbacks. My ADHD and Autism make me unbelievably productive as long as I am interested/fixated with the thing I am working on. That can be very valuable both for school and for a career. But of course they have huge drawbacks in other areas of life. You gotta take the good with the bad.

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• dope@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But you left out the rest of the story.

  Hyperfocus allows you to immerse yourself to a profound degree.

  To observe your subject with surpassing clarity. To control it deeply. To see what others cannot see. To create what others cannot create. To solve the hardest riddles.

  We owe much of our great art, science and technology to it.

  If that isn’t a superpower then I don’t know what is.

  Maybe you just lack commitment.

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  • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Dude, just read what you wrote again, slowly. Telling people with an illness that maybe they just lack commitment is a very shitty behaviour.

    There’s no rest of the story, most people agree that it’s a huge disadvantage in life. And most importantly, it’s their story, not yours, so don’t pretend like you have the right to tell others what their life is like.

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    • dope@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And yet it’s true about all the advantages that I listed. You seem to want to avoid that particular very important elephant. Hmm.

      Are you hyperfocusing on the negative?

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      • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        All of your points only have any validity if you could control what you actually hyperfocus on, which you cannot. It’s not something that you get to pick and choose what to use it on or turn it on and off at will.

        You really don’t understand what hyperfocus is from your remarks.

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  • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    ADHD ends with 'disorder' which includes not being able to control or commit to things by choice. If someone can focus really well on something they commit to, then it isn't a disorder.

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  • PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It's called a manic episode.

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