Ne = ADD?

[WinnieW]

People with ADD often or usually (?) can focus well, sometimes better than other people (hyperfocus), but only if they are truly interested in the thing focused on.

Based on that definition ADD also applies to me... because I've a hard time keep focused on tasks I have to do but not really being interested in. ...but I'm interested in a lot of things, so I can focus if I want to.

[golden]

Based on that definition ADD also applies to me... because I've a hard time keep focused on tasks I have to do but not really being interested in. ...but I'm interested in a lot of things, so I can focus if I want to.

Is it a severe enough problem to cause you significant distress, such as doing a job or going to school?

[WinnieW]

Is it a severe enough problem to cause you significant distress, such as doing a job...

It depends on the jobs. If the task are mentally challenging then I can focus without a problem. Tasks that I perceive as boring are problematic for me.

...or going to school?

I'm way out of the age for the basic school education. More likely for me to be a teacher than a student.
And I guess that 4 of 5 members of this board are younger than I'm.

[golden]

It depends on the jobs. If the task are mentally challenging then I can focus without a problem. Tasks that I perceive as boring are problematic for me.


I'm way out of the age for the basic school education. More likely for me to be a teacher than a student.
And I guess that 4 of 5 members of this board are younger than I'm.

It sounds like you are opbored by things that do not engage your intellect and that this may fall within the range of normal.

If there are things you need or want to do and consistently cannot, in a way that causes you distress or that prevents you from functioning in life in the way you need to, and you have other symptoms of ADD as well, it is more possible it could have clinical significance.

Imo. Not a doctor.

[WinnieW]

It sounds like you are opbored by things that do not engage your intellect and that this may fall within the range of normal.

I agree with you in this point, but the difference might be the more you value intuition to sensing the more you value introspection... and while introspecting you pay less attention to what's happening around you in the real world.

ADD might simply be the preference to follow own instincts... I wonder if ADD can also aply to types with -ego. is an introspecting function, either.

My hypothesis:
ADD and ADHD might be caused by an imbalance of an extraverted perception function and an introverted judgement function.

If there are things you need or want to do and consistently cannot, in a way that causes you distress or that prevents you from functioning in life in the way you need to, and you have other symptoms of ADD as well, it is more possible it could have clinical significance.

Imo. Not a doctor.

I'm not a doctor either, but I agree with you in this matter.

[karas]