ADHD is real.
I don’t know if it’s a medical condition and not just a personality quirk but, hey, I’m not a doctor. Don’t listen to me about medical things – or anything else for that matter.
A while back, I saw an interesting video. It showed a young man with ADHD watching a video about mathematics.
He’s squirming like an earthworm held over a lighter.
Then it shows the same guy watching Star Wars. Behold and lo, he’s still, steady and focused.
I hope there’s more to ADHD than a struggle to focus on boring things. For one thing, we’ve all been there. For another, that’s manageable.
Yeah, you can train your power of focus.
It’s not even that difficult. Relaxed and regular practice will get you some wild results. Combine that with lifestyle factors – proper sleep, decent nutrition, regular exercise – and anyone can focus more.
Yeah, yeah, I get it. Struggling to focus goes from a weird quirk to a debilitating limitation real fast.
Fine. All the more reason to train your mind.
The brain is flexible – that’s the entire point of it. It changes, adapts and rewrites itself.
None of that is new or controversial. The science has been settled – genuinely settled – on that for decades. The real mystery is around how it does that and what the limits are.
Well, the limits are incredible. Neuroscience is littered with folks saying something is impossible, only for the brain to turn around and do it anyway.
I don’t have a point, except to say we’re all different, we all face unique challenges and we can all improve.
Hardly a radical take, I know, but hey. These days, maybe it is.
Maybe with this race to the bottom of the victimhood hierarchy, saying you can improve your lot might be subversive.
I don’t know.
All I know is it’s True.
And that you should read this: