ADHD and Time Perception

• People with ADHD have a different sense of time, often perceiving only 'now' and 'not now'.


• Deadlines set for the future ('not now') are easily forgotten until the last minute.


• Procrastination and last-minute panic are a form of self-medication, releasing adrenaline similar to ADHD medication.


• Being late isn't due to laziness

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It is a disorder of;

• Performance of not skill.


• Doing what you know, not knowing what to do.


• The when and where, not the how and what.


• Using your past at the ‘Point of performance. (The point of performance is the place and time in your natural setting where you should use what you know, but do not)

What compounds these problems, and makes some people doubt the validity of the diagnosis, is that these same people can hyperfocus, deliver a brilliant presentation on time, and be super-reliable when they are stimulated. But, as we’ve said, boredom is kryptonite; the ADHD mind recoils from boredom, disappearing into a fervent search for

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