Fruiteloop
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I have heard many things about what ADHD could be.
Executive dysfunction is a key trait. And it begins in childhood.
What I saw by actual neuroscientists in the neuroimaging is that the cortex matures slower in kids who have it.
The cortex does not get thick as fast as normal kids so emotional development lags behind.
Boys have a higher prevalence to act out where girls sit quietly more often who have ADHD
On tests working memory and processing speed can show up as lower than other cognitive traits that may make kids with High IQ mask their ADHD
But masking does not solve the issues because emotions will be harder to control even if intelligence is high.
I got a moderately high score on an intelligence test when 12 but I avoided other kids because of my emotional problems.
I still have problems regulating my emotions and it takes allot of work to be resist expressing them when appropriate.
At times I do not know what the right things to say are and I get anxiety around strangers.
I try to keep to myself when possible and only meet people at therapy groups.
I do not know how to drive a car so that is a barrier as well.
Someone else is in charge of my money and paying the bills.
I focused much of my time on reading books watching videos and thinking.
As I am older I do find that executive functions never got better.
Processing speed and working memory on the last tests I took we low.
Yet I think about neuroscience and how such things operate.
I had a bad dream last night about me and my family fighting.
I no longer fight with them in real life but past events have mad it emotionally tiring to keep up.
Planning is an issue because I can organize well just not well enough to explore without fears of failer.
My room and stuff is all organized but its doing activities where I cannot see ahead.
So I make sure not to start anything I cannot finish.
This means I over prepare and sometime refuse to begin many activities I could lose control over the failer points.
I only do what I feel is necessary then where I do not have to worry about things going wrong.
Executive dysfunction is a key trait. And it begins in childhood.
What I saw by actual neuroscientists in the neuroimaging is that the cortex matures slower in kids who have it.
The cortex does not get thick as fast as normal kids so emotional development lags behind.
Boys have a higher prevalence to act out where girls sit quietly more often who have ADHD
On tests working memory and processing speed can show up as lower than other cognitive traits that may make kids with High IQ mask their ADHD
But masking does not solve the issues because emotions will be harder to control even if intelligence is high.
I got a moderately high score on an intelligence test when 12 but I avoided other kids because of my emotional problems.
I still have problems regulating my emotions and it takes allot of work to be resist expressing them when appropriate.
At times I do not know what the right things to say are and I get anxiety around strangers.
I try to keep to myself when possible and only meet people at therapy groups.
I do not know how to drive a car so that is a barrier as well.
Someone else is in charge of my money and paying the bills.
I focused much of my time on reading books watching videos and thinking.
As I am older I do find that executive functions never got better.
Processing speed and working memory on the last tests I took we low.
Yet I think about neuroscience and how such things operate.
I had a bad dream last night about me and my family fighting.
I no longer fight with them in real life but past events have mad it emotionally tiring to keep up.
Planning is an issue because I can organize well just not well enough to explore without fears of failer.
My room and stuff is all organized but its doing activities where I cannot see ahead.
So I make sure not to start anything I cannot finish.
This means I over prepare and sometime refuse to begin many activities I could lose control over the failer points.
I only do what I feel is necessary then where I do not have to worry about things going wrong.
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