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I suppose differences between a ADD brain structure completely determined by genes and trauma who alter you concentration. But we cannot completely isolate these to variables and come with a "scientific" conclusion that this is this and this is that. It is both all the time.

Interesting, thanks guys!

Yeah, had similar problems. Anxiety fucked with my concentration.

Will power, self-CBT. I basically was zoning out and not paying attention in class, mostly because there was not much happiness and love I was getting from being in the present. I was getting bullied etc. so I was wondering about stuff, about video games I was going to play when arriving home. Now idk how much of this can be classified as ADD. If we look at ADD as a sign of coping for trauma, then yes. How do you separate trauma effects from genetics? And trauma can have a generational components too. You inherent the anxiety and stress of your parents. I think most of what we perceive as ADHD is either genetic predisposition to be more sensitive to trauma and stress followed by actual traumatic experiences OR some rare cases of unfortunate genetical combinations that gave you some intellectual disability and neuro diverse brain (Maybe some autism involved) that makes you wonder around and not get interested in human shit. And school is boring as fuck. Mild rebellion and boredom in school is a healthy sign for me.

This is my view too.

Of course. I live in Sweden.

"Licensed professional" title does not impress me anymore. Most doctors are just a bunch of idiots who blindly follow authority. Most doctors even today tell people to eat brown bread and dairy. Most old doctors are fat and ill.

@something_else mmmmyaaa... But we need to be careful and not victimize ourselves and blame our ADHD for not wanting to make the effort of paying attention. Or say that it cannot be cured. Attention is also trained. Interest in things is cultivated with time. And doctors are diagnosing ADHD like: "idk what is wrong with this person - therefore ADHD." Most people who come to us at outpatient psychiatry have ADHD diagnosis. If I had victimesed myself instead of fixing my life, it would have been much worse right now. On the opposite, some might really live with ADHD their whole lives. Idk if it is mostly because of of genetics or unsolved trauma.

Thanks for the anecdote. In my cases I think severe trauma caused my ADD. Now I am completely normal, no problem with concentration at all. That only after I fixed my psychological issues.

How many of you here agree with Gabor Matè? He argued that ADHD is strongly influenced by childhood trauma. The average psychiatrists say ADHD is genetical and trauma creates ADHD-like symptoms.

This is the actual world situation of the world. I gave up trying to seek understanding about my sensible life parts, because people will just project shit or create drama. Or gaslight you, that is quite common in dating.

What patterns can't they spot? Not to be rude, but a bit rude should one be here because we are here to develop and become better not just treating each other like we are children.... What exactly is so "gold" here: ?? She has to understand that consciousness is something else, it is not the same as say: being good at drawing or whatever simple task. The difference between learning some skill inside the dream and becoming aware that you are in a dream 😊 This is why raising consciousness is among hardest things one can do in life. This is why we can send a man to the moon but cannot solve apparently simple tasks as corruption in our systems and of course Inside each of us.

Yea. For sure one should have thier "thing" that they exell at. But rasing consciousness is the best investment of them all. It will considerably change your life. Not necessarily for the better in the beginning. Becoming aware of the smell in the room is painful and it might take some years until you'll be able to escape the room. Ignorance is bliss. Many chimps live a happy life.

Craftsmanship can be seen as a inherited talent. Ambition is also strongly connected to personality. Big Interest into things and craft is another part of your nature. So if you are born an ambitious person interested in things and craft that also happens to be talented at it will make a big difference in that specialization. Consciousness can maybe help you even more, especially of your craft deals with other people, systems, self-deception, ego

@Emerald consciousness can be seen as a meta thing that affects those "specializations" in life as you call them. High consciousness will make the individual more prone to faster, deeper excellence in the "specializations" they go for. Leo can be a better nutritionist, doctor, teacher in a very short time than most dummies who studied and practiced this for decades. Consciousness helps him understand how groupthink, corrupt systems etc. affect our knowledge and the way we fix and deal with stuff. 😊