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Podcast: Support, Protect, Empower - The Project Purpose Podcast
Episode: Attention is Finite. Before Calling it ADHD How Much Energy Are You Expending Trying to be Engaged?
Description: Attention is Finite. Before Calling it ADHD How Much Energy Are You Expending Trying to be Engaged?
Paying attention takes energy.
Paying attention when the content isn't engaging, and the environment also requires you to self-regulate by sitting still and staying quiet is all the more challenging. Why? Because focus is a finite resource.
We can keep the muscle flexed for long before it needs to take a break.
The same with attention. Attention without engagement burns through a lot of the resources that we have at our disposal to stay focused and to learn. Many individuals are quick...