Assuming ADHD is to some extent a chemical thing (I.e. brain didn’t properly develop impulse control or attention span or whatever), we now live in a world that enables those exact things.
If you lived in a world where the principal media were written articles/books and long-form TV shows/movies, your brain was still trained to focus.
Most media is now basically an ADHD simulator, with constant context switching, intense stimuli etc. which only reinforces whatever ADHD traits one may have.
I would guess it’s somewhat similar to the interaction between smoking and asthma.
ADHD comes with hyperfocus as well. Can be very beneficial and productive, which allows me to do other things when I am done with hyperfocused thing.
Also, TikTok is addictive, but not media that our brains consume.
To be fair, I have no problems with focusing at all, even with all the distractions, but the main problem is with mood, that is blocking me to want to do something and focus on it.
FinnLobsien · · focus · HN ↗
Assuming ADHD is to some extent a chemical thing (I.e. brain didn’t properly develop impulse control or attention span or whatever), we now live in a world that enables those exact things.
If you lived in a world where the principal media were written articles/books and long-form TV shows/movies, your brain was still trained to focus.
Most media is now basically an ADHD simulator, with constant context switching, intense stimuli etc. which only reinforces whatever ADHD traits one may have.
I would guess it’s somewhat similar to the interaction between smoking and asthma.
453yuh46 · · focus · HN ↗
Also, TikTok is addictive, but not media that our brains consume.
To be fair, I have no problems with focusing at all, even with all the distractions, but the main problem is with mood, that is blocking me to want to do something and focus on it.