Hyperfocus, Emotional Intensity & Ramped Up STress Responses in Neuro-Diversity require AWARENESS

Conjecture

• Adults and Kids with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, and/or Gifted tend to have more INTENSE EMOTIONS ---
  • maybe in part as the result of HYPER-CONNECTED BRAINS

 

• On the one hand NEURO-DIVERSE people are often known for their ability to HYPER-FOCUS.

• On the other hand, they have to spend more TIME and ENERGY processing INTENSE EMOTIONS.

 

• Most people and certainly most NEURO-DIVERSE people find at some point in their lives that MANAGING STRESS requires a re-ordering of priorities:
  • that could be a re-ordering for a child
  • for an adult
  • a couple, and/or
  • a family
    

• This is going to make RELATIONSHIPS ----
  
  • MORE WORK.
    
  • AWARENESS on the part of individuals and the society has the POTENTIAL to:
    
    • reduce STRESS and
      
    • improve relationships.
      

 

ADHD BOSS: Hyperfocus – How to Gain an Unfair Advantage with ADHD (2017)

VICE:  People with ADHD can actually FOCUS so Hard it's Scary (2017)

Is it EMOTIONAL INTENSITY, EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION or BOTH?

The name or label we use tends to depend on whether we're referring to "GIFTEDNESS" or "ADHD" or "AUTISM," etc. ---

• But they all come under the category of "Neurodiversity"
  

Neuro-Diversity and a Ramped Up Stress Response