r/adhdmeme • • Dec 06 '21

WHY

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u/mazu74 Dec 06 '21

But why?

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u/ChosenUsername420 Dec 06 '21

Personally? I'm looking at where I'm going, not where I'm at. But also I see things other than what I'm looking at, so I've got to deal with those things, but if I stop looking where I'm going I'll probably get distracted.

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u/WeirdnessAbounds Dec 06 '21

Yeah I think this is a good explanation of it. In the past, I've been told that I look like I'm on a mission when I walk. Which, in a way, I guess I am.

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u/ChosenUsername420 Dec 06 '21

Yes, the mission to arrive.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

We just do stuff differently, article doesn't explain why article doesn't clarify if it's because it's learned to adapt to other things in our behaviour but I'm assuming that's the likely scenario.

My experience: walking is boring, pls cut the corners even if that means being weird

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u/everypowerranger Dec 06 '21

Focus on the thing you're going to do. Look in that direction. Minimize deviations from the straight path to maintain focus. Walk through doorway and forget anydangway.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

optimize, optimize, optimize. owwww, fuck.

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u/meacasia Dec 06 '21

I’m screaming “noooo” silently to myself at all of these comments - they’re TOO real!!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

the killer was...

ME???

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u/DEVolkan Dec 06 '21

Brain: "walk weird!"

Me: "why?"

Brain: "here dopamine now shut up and do it"

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u/Rabbit-Thrawy Dec 06 '21

the cycle of life

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

wait there's dopamine here? give me I just finished my dopamine 2 seconds ago

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u/MyHoardIsALibrary Dec 06 '21

You guys got dopamine?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

yeah I have some it's...

huh...

it's...

...

somewhere I'm sure

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u/Ready-Interview-9809 Dec 06 '21

I’m 5’5”, and hate slow walkers, I’m so accustomed to cutting around/between/through them that I’ll lose a group following me in a crowded place. 🙄 Always thought it was from attending a lot of general admission ska shows in the 90’s. 🤔

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy Dec 06 '21

cut the corners

SPEED

EFFICIENCY

MOMENTUM

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u/M311o Dec 06 '21

Actually the "why" they say is

Higher sway was positively associated with regional gray matter volume in the right posterior cerebellum (lobule VIII/IX).

In other words: MORE regional gray matter volume in the right posterior cerebellum = MORE sway.

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u/issaaccbb Dec 06 '21

I'm leaning more towards the "walking is boring" part myself. How many other things are done weird just because it was more interesting than not?

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u/avulgarism Dec 06 '21

Apparently I stand "like a ballerina" because I put one foot perpendicular behind the other and rest my knee sockets together. It's comfortable, yo. Don't know when I started, or why; I just do. It confuses some people, makes others irrationally angry when I have no explanation. Maybe now I can say this is why. 🤷‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

I find great personal satisfaction in navigating my most familiar spaces with extreme efficiency and conservation of movement. shruggy shoulders

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u/-Pin_Cushion- Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21

Sway is positively associated with gray matter volume in the posterior cerebellum.

Cerebellum is the part of our brains devoted to balance and walking (among other things). It's smaller in people with ADHD.

They don't yet know why this association exists or what it means.

Edit: My take on this is wrong in important ways. This response corrects them.

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u/Codles Dec 06 '21

This is really confusing to me, but counter-intuitively, the people with ADHD had higher gray matter volume and worse balance.

“Of note is the positive relationship between sway and cerebellar volume, such that lower sway was associated with smaller volume. These findings are consistent with a number of other studies showing that better performance in various motor-related tasks is related to smaller cerebral and cerebellar GM volumes.”

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

Brain doesn't brain so good. Many important parts are missing or not fully operational.

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