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A lot of your posts and your TED talk are near perfect analogies for the challenges of ADHD, yet ADHD is never specifically mentioned. Myself and others saw themselves in your post years before we got a diagnosis. Have you ever made this link?

Yeah, the thing with ADHD is what motivates us generally falls into 4 baskets.

1) Novel 2) Interesting 3) Challenging 4) Urgent

That's why we tend to procrastinate on tasks until they become urgent (aka your panic monster). ADHD involves a dopamine deficiency so we seek it any way we can get it. Your "dark playground" is our dopamine hunting ground!

Your terminology of "flow" is what's referred to as "Hyperfocus" in ADHD.

Often being late (CLIP in your post) is also a hallmark of ADHD due to an inability to accurately gauge the passage of time. It's often said those with ADHD recognize only two times: now and not now!

That's just scratching the surface but it might be worth looking into. There are enough indicators of how the ADHD brain works in your posts that I think you'd find it quite interesting diving into ADHD research! I'd recommend the book: Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Russell Barkley. Really opened up my mind!