I was diagnosed with ADD as a kid (before it was ADHD). People always describe the disorder as "lack of focus" but that's a really poor description for what I have.
I would say I have "hyper focus", to the point where if I'm working on something interesting, I will lose track of time and am unable to redirect my attention to anything else.
This makes me incredibly "spacey" as often my mind is still fixated on the task even long after I've stopped working on it. It also makes it very hard for me to accomplish any task I don't think are interesting...
And often a new idea will strike me like an epiphany that immediately takes the top spot of my attention.
The result is I have hundreds of half finished projects in flight across countless areas of interest.
I would say I have "hyper focus", to the point where if I'm working on something interesting, I will lose track of time and am unable to redirect my attention to anything else.
This makes me incredibly "spacey" as often my mind is still fixated on the task even long after I've stopped working on it. It also makes it very hard for me to accomplish any task I don't think are interesting...
And often a new idea will strike me like an epiphany that immediately takes the top spot of my attention.
The result is I have hundreds of half finished projects in flight across countless areas of interest.