Love this. My mum took me to get my hearing checked when I was young. I did perfectly.
I would (and still) constantly be told a thing, buffer for a second, say “…what?” then recall already having heard whatever the person is telling me.
On the other hand, some people just talk bullshit and you better not listen.
Thank your subconsciousness it does the selecting for you.
+1 for using dyslexic font.
If you think you aren’t your brain then I’ve got news for you.
If you think people with adhd have control over their brain then I’ve got news for you.
You are in the brain, but I am not sure it is accurate to say you are the brain. Linux is not computer, but something in the computer.
We are not just one component of our brains, but the sum of all components.
You are your brain.
Let’s put it this way: if you took out someone’s liver, would you say that the person is the sum of their parts minus a liver? If so, then congratulations that’s also how it works for ADHD. There is a pathology and that changes how the mind works. To argue otherwise would be akin to arguing that people without livers should just metabolize harder.
No, you are a software layer, and actually only a small part of it, that runs on hardware of brain. The “you”, the consciousness, the ego, is very illusive part of that software. You are not even the one who thinks the thoughts, because the thoughts just appear somewhere mysteriously in conciseness, in “you”.
I’ve always found it fascinating that we’re somehow able to separate our conscious brain from our unconscious brain and act as if we’re hostages to the unconscious.
Like, it’s the same entity, but our brains somehow operate in separate, but connected containers, making different decisions but always aware of the issues brought by the other.
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