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Is that exclusively ADHD thing though?

Adhd is not usually diagnosed for one of these symptoms. But if you have a lot of them there's a pattern of likelihood that you have it.

I'm diagnosed and one of my biggest issues with adhd is this reading issue for me. Which also gets compounded with my less than half of the usual short term memory length of around 8 and a half seconds.

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I guess if every ADHD symptom is continued to be downplayed as "everyone does this," then no, it's not exclusively an ADHD thing

Ok so what Iโ€™m about to say is my own experience canโ€™t speak for anyone else but IMO with my ADHD itโ€™s basically a normal brain with some attributes for better or for worse are enhanced

Like yeah everyone loses focus sometimes, everyone sometimes just stops processing language, everyone gets distracted by something, everyone gets excited about a topic they like, and so on

But as one of my favorite posts said: โ€œeveryone pees, but when you pee 60 times a day you should probably see a doctorโ€

No, attention issues can be caused by depression, anxiety, stress, bad sleep hygiene or problems like sleep apnea, and many other things.

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No, ADHD is being trapped in your own head, screaming at yourself to fucking move while your body reads on unhindered by your plans or obligations.

And thinking about the movie you'd make after each page / chapter.

No, that's just being stoned.