ADHD

Directional Blindness (Topographical Disorientation) 

Have you ever gotten lost in your own neighborhood? Do you have difficulty following directions, even with GPS? People with directional blindness often struggle to create mental maps of their surroundings. This condition, also called topographical disorientation, appears frequently in individuals... See more

Time Blindness

Time blindness is the inability to accurately perceive or anticipate the passage of time. You might sit down to answer one email and, without realizing it, an hour disappears. Or you might feel like something happened recently when it actually happened three months ago. People with ADHD and some forms of autism often experience time... See more

Performative authenticity is tied to economic success and social prestige, which means – and this is a further paradoxical feature – that your specialness and self-realisation have to be performed. In order for people to distinguish themselves, they must seek attention and visibility, and positively affect others with their self-representations,... See more

Useful personal traits are cultivated in interaction with the appropriation of unusual or unusually combined objects, experiences, styles and identities – a rare breed of dog, special cooking techniques, the obscure knowledge of sneaker brands, an offbeat musical style, a novel sexual orientation, and so on. Together, they’re put to work as the... See more

Noise Blindness (Auditory Processing Disorder)

Some neurodivergent people find it difficult to distinguish important sounds from background noise. They may hear everything at once and struggle to focus on a specific voice or task. This is not hearing loss. Noise blindness, commonly called Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), is a neurological... See more