Whats your "hyper-focus"? | ADHD Information

when i hyperfocus its like nothing else is ther ebut the thing i am
hyperfocusing on. you could put me in a room with a bunch o fpeople
screeming and i wouldnt notice a thing.sry i just realise di answered the question wrong. My hyperfocus is definately
videogames of any kind.Hmmm,, I guess I hyperfocus on computers because I build them as a hobby(expensive,,, but productive and educational as well). I'm still trying to learn to do registry hacks and don't have any programming skills.mine are TV internet/pc games and makin love with ma gfAshie38940.4242592593

Novels, computer games, console games, driving a stickshift for some reason, troubleshooting computer problems, or for that matter, any technical problem.

Actually, any problem. If I think I might be able to solve it, I try and try and try. I LOOOOVE problem-solving, so long as it isn't a homework assignment .

Probably my oddest hyperfocusing tendancy is giving my wife a massage, by the time i'm finished with her back and moving on to her calves I'm locked in, hehe. Not that she complains, but that one place I never thought I'd end up hyperfocusing.

I'm sure it happens elsewhere, but those are the most common examples.

Without a doubt the freakin computer. Do you have any idea how much I could accomplish if I had no laptop?????? My house would be spotless, and my dog would be getting alot more playtime.

Dizzy

I'm a hairstylist and I tend to hyperfocus on my work. I'll be doing a haircut and get so hyperfocused checking it over and over to the point where I have to stop myself and think "okay, it's perfect, Angela, stop now or she's gonna think you're a maniac! In a way, I guess that's good, because my clients get really good haircuts, but sometimes I get so frustrated at myself for trying to be such a perfectionist because it can cause me to get behind or off schedule. Since I've been on Adderall, it's gotten better, though. My work is better than it's ever been because I can clear out all the disractions in my head and concentrate on what I'm doing and talk to that person. Whereas before meds, I would all these different conversations going on around me, that it was hard to focus only on the one in my chair.

I'm curious as to what others have as a "hyper-focus"

Is it something you enjoy or just something you do?

I have two (hunting and sex) but only get to focus on one. guess which one?

Yep- focus on hunting all year and its only a 9 day hunt. hows that for prep time?

Oh well, whats yours?

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Trying to figure out a very intricate piece of music, to be able to break all the parts down, all of the instruments, the rythms, the harmonies, and voices. To be able to write it all down, or to play it. It's my escape?

I go through phases when I think of a guy I like. Huge hyperfocus. It's always a BIG mistake. I'm in a hyperfocus like this now, and I've got to get my head back on straight.

All year for 9 days of hunting, huh? Sounds just like my ex. Oh, and the other part too.

Do you think of anything in particular or just kinda let your mind wander ?

Oh, and I really believe that hyperfocus, whether intentional or not, is a defitite distraction from dealing with difficult issues at hand. Ooooooh, I don't want to do my homework, I think I'll hyperfocus on keeping my shoes clean. (My son) I once made this very intricate 1880's velvet ball gown, worked on it non-stop into much of many nights, much of it handwork, while on the divorce fence. Love that hyperfocus.

What I hyperfocus on depends on the moment. I can hyperfocus on improving my home, gardening, my animals, reading and writing. But if something in my life happens that upsets me or my feelings get hurt or my ego gets trampled, or a relationship is having issues, I will hyperfocus on those problems to the point of nausea.

I didn't realize until recently that this over-brooding about problems is also a form of hyperfocus. It's this feeling that something has to be done NOW and I work at it or think about it until it's fixed or something else occupies my mind.

I hear ya cowboy;

I do the same thing, it starts with a thought, a scenario develops and I play that through, then I think of another version, play that through, and another, and another, and another.........

I am constantly plagued by "what if" scenarios that constantly play in my head that I have to answer to feel comfortable, instead of just "being" I unwillingly play my life through in my head first.

Its like I live many lives inside my head as I play out the scenarios they seem so real. This habit/personality trait is the cause of my procrastination, anxiety, worry, stress and depression, It's like I have to deal with real situations but also all these other ones that manifest in my head.

I wish I could turn this off and just live ONE life. I am still undiagnosed and unmedicated. Still researching. I just want to stop having to find things to keep my mind occupied.

Does anyone else experience this or have they experienced this? If so when they were medicated did it stop or ease a little??
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Funny thing with me and hyper focus is it generally starts out as a thought, and the next thing I know i have run an entire senario through my mind. its almost like theres an alternate life being played out in the background of my head. (sometimes its really nice)

i suppose thats weird huh?

Women. *IMac38943.3508564815Reading on the internet and sewing/crafts.

Wow - sounds like you guys are the kind of folks who can use this "quirk" to your benefit. Gardening, animals and a good haircut are something i could really use now.

i'll have to see if i can find something beneficial to do whith my hyper-focuses. I think one of them would get me in trouble if i let it .

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Me too. But who am I to blow against the wind.

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Mine is writing. I get terribly hyperfocused with that.

And researching all sorts of stuff in books and the computer.

Oh, and colouring in and cutting out pictures.

oooooh, I was just with him this evening until 8 pm

he pooped on me

other than that, he's doing great

except he has a plugged tear duct and got an eye infection
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This is REALLY easy for me: Programming.

Give me a project, I will spend days upon days upon days doing it. NON STOP.

I can also do it with video games, honestly, if I have the motivation to feel it is worth some reward or high recognition, I can usually control my hyperfocus to give me inhuman focus on a certain task.. Now if only I could teach myself homework fit the above bill... :D

My hyperfocus is technical challenges. Someone throws me a new troubling issue in a database and it's like the entire world disappears. It's a nice change from the standard multi-hyper focus of my day where I have a huge list of items that's I'm simutaneously focused on...

That is wild that so many people hyper focus on computers. Sometimes I get so mad and frustrated with the darn things!!!!

I don't know if I experience hyper focus or not, but when I am on a fire my mind clears and things are calm and I feel good. Sometimes I lose track of time. I will look at my watch and 5 hours have gone by in the blink of an eye. People comment to me how focused I am in all the choas and in a bad situation!!! They say I am the calming voice when it all goes to hell. I have to give briefings to hundreds of people on fires and had one guy comment to me the other day that I had a presence that made him calm and focused and he would go spit on the fire if I asked him to. Weird huh?? For comments like that when I am such a spaz and hyper at times. Good thing I picked this career path I guess.

Is that my hyper focus??

Is the computer a good hyperfocus for you?

It can be for me, as it is the media through which I can express my self intelligently.

Otherwise, I come across fairly ODD.

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