Extra Focus

Because people with ADHD feel things so strongly, our brains often make the wrong prediction. The intensity level of our response does not match the gravity of the situation.

As a concept, time makes sense. We think we understand it. But in practice, it becomes unclear, and the minutes, hours, and days often blend together. It’s like we don’t have any internal clock or sense of time. We have a clockless mind. We only seem to understand two states: the present (“now”), and some vague version of all future time (“not now”