I will step on your neck if you come between me and the box of kids pull-ups I was sent here for
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Yeah I have no idea wtf this meme is talking about. A lot of people seem to have this weird idea that ADHD gives you some immense ability to focus? When it's literally the opposite. They hear about hyper focus and think that means you have some weird superpower. In reality it's an inordinate amount of attention given to whatever is the most interesting thing to you, at the expense of focus paid to things you actually need to do. It seems pretty unlikely that the person described in the OP is extremely interested in a shopping task.
Yeah I don't think a ADHD sufferer is going to be hyper focused in as visually noisy a place as a supermarket
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I'm exactly the same as what OP describes. I'm laser focused to get what I came for and get tf out as quick as possible as I hate shopping. Unfortunately my partner loves to look through the aisles to see what new products they have, it can be so frustrating but it makes her happy.
Yeah me too, which is one of the ways I know I don't have ADHD. I'm straight in, grab the things I'm there for, visit no other aisles, don't pick up any impulse buy items.
ADHD is about how they get distracted from things they should be doing to the point it makes life harder
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My partner actually thought she was quick in 'n out with shops until she witnessed, and then had to bear, me in action. Organise list by distance from the entrance and keep the flow of movement as fluid as possible, to snake your way through aisles ASAP and straight to self-checkout. In and out. And thank god for self-checkout, that cut at least 5 minutes of awkwardness from shopping.
Supermarket speedrun any%
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Cue every slow walker ever
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The way my brother in law describes his ADHD does not include terms like laser focused.
Hyperfocus.
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Your man's pattern seems inefficient, why would I go twice through the same alley when I can grab stuff on both side with my 2-meter wide arm span ?
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The way my brother in law describes his ADHD does not include terms like laser focused.
Think more along the lines of "Extreme focus on something wildly unrelated to what you are supposed to be doing that is incredibly critical right now.
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I've become convinced that in supermarkets specifically, whether they're huge like Walmart or smaller like the "express" style stores local to me, old people go through some sort of psychedelic experience when they enter, which will overwhelm them at random points and cause them to totally disassociate.
Cannot count the number of times an old person with a trolley has just fully blocked an aisle and stood there, gormless, while the world passes by. It's like when you see a horse sleep standing up.
It's either them or fucking parents clogging up the store, using their prams as battering rams, and letting their little shits rub their snotty little fingers on everything in sight and scream endlessly. Lol
Having been a new parent and having a stressful job at the same time, I am absolutely guilty of enjoying the peacefulness of grocery shopping and just... spacing the fuck out.
For that hour (that could have taken 10 minutes) nobody is up my ass about something. Ive already been given the task (grocery shopping) and until thats done nobody else is trying to heap shit onto my plate.
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The way my brother in law describes his ADHD does not include terms like laser focused.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Trust me if its ADHD you will get hyper focused on something you are doing and ignore everything. Things like eating, drinking and going to toilet. I also go to the store and get what I need and GTFO.
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The way my brother in law describes his ADHD does not include terms like laser focused.
It's not always a lack of focus, but a difficulty in directing your focus.
(Though not all ADHD is the same)
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Having been a new parent and having a stressful job at the same time, I am absolutely guilty of enjoying the peacefulness of grocery shopping and just... spacing the fuck out.
For that hour (that could have taken 10 minutes) nobody is up my ass about something. Ive already been given the task (grocery shopping) and until thats done nobody else is trying to heap shit onto my plate.
I can totally understand that, and I do have sympathy for the stress and sleep deprivation that new parents, let alone working new parents, must be dealing with.
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The way my brother in law describes his ADHD does not include terms like laser focused.
I think it's a coping mechanism: be laser-focused on The Thing You Want To Do, because you'll never do it otherwise
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I'm 37 years old and always identified as a man, but seeing this, I might be shopping trans, because I'll use the woman's method every time.
I don't know what I came for, shit just manifests in my cart
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Cue every slow walker ever
Years ago, my then-partner and I walked into a grocery store to get sun screen. I narrated my logic for where it would be in the store as we walked to it immediately. She said something to the effect of she would never be able to make that series of deductions so quickly.
She wasn't saying that I was super smart or that she wasn't as smart as me. She simply meant that I processed that particular task very efficiently.
I hate shopping at grocery stores and spent years optimizing the experience to be as quick and efficient as possible. It's like a super power that only works on this singular task.
