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the-z t1_jebhewz wrote

Nah, when you're testing for a disorder that affects how well you can control your attention, you expect to get stuff at both extremes.

A normal person will get distracted (because the task is boring), then think, "oh! i'm supposed to be doing the thing", and then go back to doing the thing.

A person with ADHD will probably have the same thought, but no amount of effort can guarantee that you can go back to doing the thing.

With ADHD, whether the distraction happens is unpredictable, so both hyperfocus and getting distracted and unable to recover are indicators of disordered processing.

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