Distraction: I don’t get distracted… I remain concentrated on the exercise
Are you sure about that? One of the symptoms of attention-deficit is that even when you’re working hard to concentrate, your concentration can flicker in unexpected ways without you necessarily noticing, causing the “noisiness” or “glitchiness” that you’re describing.
I would get tested for ADD (or other psychiatric/neurological) conditions before assuming that you’ve discovered some kind of human universal that everyone else has missed.
I think you’re missing the point. You can’t “pay attention” to this flickering, because it occurs below the level of conscious thought. It manifests as missed cues, “stupid errors”, and other seemingly unrelated phenomena.
The reason I bring up ADD specifically is because one of the standard tests for it is to have the person being diagnosed sit in front of a computer and perform a routine task (like hit a button whenever a particular number pops up). The error rate is then compared to a baseline. If the error rate is significantly outside the “normal” variation, then it’s a pretty clear warning sign that the person has ADD.
I’m not a psychologist, and your description is obviously not enough to make a diagnosis, but your description of the way you make errors stood out to me, and that’s why I suggested getting tested.
Wow, ok, thank you. This is useful information. I didn’t take your ADHD/ADD hypothesis seriously to be honest, but now that you specify the nature of the test to diagnose it, it makes much more sense. I will research more and get tested.
Are you sure about that? One of the symptoms of attention-deficit is that even when you’re working hard to concentrate, your concentration can flicker in unexpected ways without you necessarily noticing, causing the “noisiness” or “glitchiness” that you’re describing.
I would get tested for ADD (or other psychiatric/neurological) conditions before assuming that you’ve discovered some kind of human universal that everyone else has missed.
Thank you, I think I will try to pay attention if some “flickering” happens. It is a possibility.
I think you’re missing the point. You can’t “pay attention” to this flickering, because it occurs below the level of conscious thought. It manifests as missed cues, “stupid errors”, and other seemingly unrelated phenomena.
The reason I bring up ADD specifically is because one of the standard tests for it is to have the person being diagnosed sit in front of a computer and perform a routine task (like hit a button whenever a particular number pops up). The error rate is then compared to a baseline. If the error rate is significantly outside the “normal” variation, then it’s a pretty clear warning sign that the person has ADD.
I’m not a psychologist, and your description is obviously not enough to make a diagnosis, but your description of the way you make errors stood out to me, and that’s why I suggested getting tested.
Wow, ok, thank you. This is useful information. I didn’t take your ADHD/ADD hypothesis seriously to be honest, but now that you specify the nature of the test to diagnose it, it makes much more sense. I will research more and get tested.