At 03:05 PM 11/19/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>In response to Or Botton, Yolanda, etc., on this subject:
>
>"Multi-tasking" minds are certainly a natural asset that has many practical
>applications. You will most frequently find such folks to have what is
>called "ADD" (or its more "hyper" variant, "ADHD"), which is often
>misunderstood for laziness. These sorts of people often *need* distractions
>to help them focus -- "distractions" that other people would find hindersome
>to their tasks at hand. And these ADD folks often accomplish great feats in
>very short periods of time; they work better under pressure, and this
>ability has been coined as "hyperfocus". I have manifestations of this in
>my own work habits, and the author of Net-Tamer has ADD.
That would describe me to a tee. I was diagnosed as ADD as a child and
having Asperger's disorder as an adult. I think there are a large number
of undiagnosed Asperger's geniuses here on this list, in fact. There's a
lot more of us than anyone realizes.
Anyway, this discussion has gone way beyond the bounds of this list....
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