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How ADHD hyperfocus overrides body awareness

My ADHD hyperfocus is so intense that I forget to eat or use the bathroom until my body is in physical pain.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The complete absorption of attention by cognitive tasks creates a dissociation from bodily signals that sustain basic functioning.

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