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Absolutely, MerryMac! I do get stuck on things that engage my attention, and disengaging is difficult. What I did to get myself to sign in on time for work is set my iPhone alarm for an hour before work, and half an hour before, 15 minutes, and 5 minutes. I kid you not, that is how easily I get distracted. It jarred me out of whatever else had my focus. You’re right, though, me focusing on something to the exclusion of anything else is just just engagement plus the rubber cement of ADD. It’s not unbreakable, it’s just very, very sticky. My phone alarm broke the bond. I just love analogies! An awesome video produced by F.A.T. City and Jim Lavoie is called “How Hard Can It Be?” It’s about parenting and teaching kids with learning difficulties, of which ADD is one. He said ADD is not really an attention deficit, it’s an attention surfeit. (That’s a paraphrase.) He meant that we can’t NOT pay attention to ANYTHING. In my case, anything that moves, sparkles, or makes a noise will grab my attention. Still. If I find myself struggling too much to be on time, I start setting my phone alarms again. Handy little thing, that. How on Earth did I ever live without it.
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