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It sure is!
The trouble seems to be that the ADHD mind is often somewhere else (usually on what we’re about to do), instead of being fully aware of what we’re doing at that *exact moment*.
So, we’ll trip over the rug that’s always been there in the kitchen, because our brain is so totally focussed on what we’re rushing to do, that it’s not even *aware* of the rug, as we race through the room.
Or, we’ll put our keys down somewhere, and not be able to remember where that “somewhere” was, because our brain wasn’t actually conscious of our putting them down at the time. We can’t *remember*, because we didn’t *experience* it in the first place!
As for trying to play sports, there are a lot of professional athletes with ADHD, because the combination of hyperfocus and adrenaline makes them really excel at their chosen sport.
There are also a lot of ADHD people who are terrible at sports, due to a combination of not being in the moment, and being unable to filter all of the information coming at us so quickly. This makes us miss important details…like that baseball that’s streaking towards us, about to plop at our feet and lose the game for our team.
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