5/17/2023 0 Comments Learning to hyperfocus on cue![]() ![]() We can set these reminders based on when we need to exit the hyperfocus session. These are intentional audio reminders that we can set in the device controlling the headphones. The second aspect of hyperfocus that we can control with noise-canceling headphones is auditory cues. It’s easier to ignore distractions when we can’t hear those distractions. ![]() This benefit is related to the most obvious attribute of noise-canceling headphones. The first is staying engaged in hyperfocus. Noise Cancelling headphones can give us control over two main aspects of hyperfocus. The list of tools below will help create some control over ADHD hyperfocus. These resources allow us to control the duration and conclusion of a hyperfocus session. It’s all about using the best resources available to achieve the desired focus. Hyperfocus can allow us, who do have ADHD, to achieve results that are far above our peers that don’t have ADHD. If planned appropriately with the allotted time, while including interesting, mentally challenging, and mentally rewarding content, we can engage ADHD hyperfocus as a distinct advantage. ![]() I don’t think ADHD hyperfocus treatment should include suppressing this highly beneficial skill.ĪDHD hyperfocus treatment should emphasize the advantages and should provide safe ways to practice and succeed with hyperfocus. If we plan and set aside time allotted for hyperfocus, and really focus on how the task is interesting and engaging, we can engage ADHD hyperfocus to our advantage. While it may be a detriment when we need to focus elsewhere, ADHD hyperfocus can be incredibly effective if aimed at the right tasks at the right time. We need to enter a hyperfocus session and exit the hyperfocus session when it is optimal for our productivity. ADHD Hyperfocus needs to be harnessed and planned. The key is to control ADHD Hyperfocus rather than allow it to control and sabotage our productivity. ![]() If channeled and redirected towards productive goals, adult ADHD hyperfocus can supercharge our ability to reach those goals. Hyperfocus is one of the best assets of adult ADHD. Hyperfocus can allow us to lock in and keep a razor-sharp focus on a single task. However, it can be a game-changer when used at the right time and on the right task. Hyperfocus can cause serious productivity issues by blocking our ability to multi-task. The over-hyperfocusing leads to a pronounced inability to shift attention away from the hyperfocus cue. This leaves someone with ADHD highly susceptible to over-hyperfocusing. So, the impaired executive functioning ability caused by ADHD is magnified during an ADHD hyperfocus session. The low levels of dopamine lead to a decreased ability to regulate the brain’s cognitive top-down executive functions.Īccording to a research paper from Ashinoff and Abu-Akel (2021), while engaged in ADHD hyperfocusing, “unrelated external stimuli do not appear to be consciously perceived.” Rather than not being able to focus on a given task, hyperfocus causes the inability to disengage focus from a given task.ĪDHD, in general, is caused by an abnormally low level of dopamine in the prefrontal cortex. The condition of hyperfocus is shown in research to be linked to adults with ADHD, such as an article from Kordon, Khal, and Wahl (2006).īoth the inability to focus on a task and the failure to shift focus away from a task are also linked to ADHD’s impaired or paused executive functioning. While at most times, the inability to control focus leads to easy distraction, the same inability causes ADHD hyperfocus on the opposite side of the symptoms spectrum.ĪDHD hyperfocus describes the intense and narrow focus that we can engage for certain tasks, which usually comes at the cost of all else that requires our attention during that time of ADHD hyperfocus. ADHD distractibility and hyperfocus have a shared causal relationship with the inability to control focus. It sounds counterintuitive to most descriptions of ADHD symptoms because, in essence, it is the opposite of distractibility.ĪDHD Hyperfocus can be disastrous if not contained and can lead to an intense focus on one task, at the expense of all other tasks.Īlthough ADHD hyperfocus would seem to be in conflict with traditional symptoms of adults with ADHD, it stems from those same symptoms. Hyperfocus is an attribute of ADHD that describes the tendency to focus on certain tasks for hours while dismissing all other tasks. It stems from the same cognitive issues that cause distractibility, but on the other end of the concentration spectrum. ADHD can create many obstacles to productivity, but it does have a few tricks up its sleeve. ![]()
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