Adult ADHD
One of the reasons I came up with the term “Turbo Thinker” is that it fits all types of ADHD, including the inattentive type. I personally find the term “inattentive attention deficit hyperactivity disorder” to be both confusing and misleading. We are in fact able to pay attention to the ideas and activities that interest us. In fact, we can hyperfocus and lose all track of time, forget to eat, forget to get up out of our chair, forget to go to the bathroom, and so on. While we may appear to be just staring at the wall or daydreaming, we are in fact hyperactive in our minds. Our thoughts can be racing from one idea to another, making all sorts of connections and leaping to various conclusions. It’s the reason we can come across as “scatterbrained” or “flaky”.
The Turbo Thinking brain can prevent us from being able to follow a conversation or directions. It can prevent us from keeping track of time or objects or even children. It can prevent us from remembering what we were about to do, or why we wanted to do something in the first place. It can cause us to get caught up in our emotions and fears so that we become paralyzed. We can even fear beginning something because we have visualized how perfect it must be in our heads. We can be solving life’s greatest mysteries, and all you might see is a person lounging on the sofa, staring into space. Don’t underestimate the Turbo Thinker! If only you could witness the velocity and intensity of the activity in our heads!