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4. Avoid the Attention-Zappers
Every day, you do things that steal away your ability to pay attention, focus and concentrate. Flipping endlessly through the channels, scrolling endlessly through your social media updates, spending hours and hours playing games like Hearthstone hoping to go pro, and multitasking all diminish your ability to pay attention. In an on-demand world, people are losing their ability to be still and silent.
If you are working to improve your attention, constant stimulation is your enemy because you begin to seek higher levels of stimulation to maintain that thrill. Let’s face it; a simple, slow-paced conversation can never compete with blasting through an endless zombie stampede, clicking through the profiles of your entire high school class, or feverishly tapping your touchscreen. Finding your attention stealers and limiting these activities will put you in a better position to improve your abilities.
In order to diagnose the condition properly and introduce appropriate treatment, it is crucial to understand the several types of ADHD and their symptoms.
