So if non ADDers only think about one thing at a time isn’t that like being in an inadequate state of hyperfocus all the time – but without the hyper 
So I am completely fixated on this topic and spent most of coffee break today asking my non-ADD (I presume) colleagues what’s in their minds. Most people said they only think about the one task they are doing. Some said that they get thoughts about other things flitting into their brains whilst they are concentrating on a task but they dismiss those thoughts and get back to the task in hand. When I asked how long it took to get back to task they said a few seconds. So they have the busy mind (some do anyway) but those that do are able to control those thoughts. It seems to me that there are three things going on here: The first is that lots of people have empty brains; the second is many people do have intrusive thoughts, but we ADDers probably have more of them and the third crucial thing is we don’t dismiss the intrusive thoughts like they do and probably just go off and act on them. It certainly takes me more that seconds to refocus. It can take me days!
So I think my mind is more interesting than theirs and being seen as a bit eccentric is fine – as someone said of my chaotic life style “it’s not boring being me”. Not sure if that was a compliment or not.
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