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Can I have ADHD if I can focus on video games?

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April 27, 2022

Can you focus on video games šŸ¤“ ?Many people still believe that being able to spend hours on a video game proves that you donā€™t have ADHD šŸ˜¶Of course, itā€™s not true šŸ¤·ā™€ļø !Our ADHD brains are craving dopamine šŸ§ šŸ’•Video games, especially the ones we like, are dopamine factories šŸ˜… !Thatā€™s why so many kids and adults with ADHD enjoy gaming so much šŸ¤“Being able to focus on a fascinating quest in a virtual world does not mean that you are as easily able to focus on everything else šŸ˜Œ

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Because ADHD means "Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder"
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That's why we can focus (sometimes for hours) on things that we enjoy, like video games!

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