ADHD or Distraction? A Deep Dive into Student Concentration.

I've seen people, students, who said they had a diagnosis of ADHD, but didn't prove it or the diagnostic process had been carried out too quickly or poorly.

One of them kept touching his cell phone while talking to me.

- Is it urgent? – I asked.

- No.

Even so, even after answering that it wasn't urgent, in an attitude that was even a little disrespectful, he didn't let go of his cell phone. I didn't usually take notes during classes. He had a notebook, but he didn't use it for that.

If you are a student and have trouble concentrating, you need to have a notebook and know how to take notes in it during classes. And it really is a notebook, preferably those that are divided into subjects. Because, it has been proven that taking notes on your cell phone or computer does not have the same level of effectiveness. Apart from the risk of, in a class or in a simple conversation, being constantly kidnapped by the internet algorithms. And, of course, you need to put your cell phone away while talking to people.

Another told me that he was diagnosed with ADHD, that he had difficulty concentrating, staying focused, and that he was easily distracted. However, while talking to him, and whenever I had something to say, I spoke and then immediately asked her about the content of what I had said, whether she had understood, asking her to tell me what she had understood. .

Our conversation, face to face, eye to eye, our dialogue, progressed. And one thing was clear to me: in a dialogue, in which both people alternate speaking in a balanced way, and the time for each person speaking uninterruptedly does not extend very long, it is very difficult for anyone to get distracted or lose focus .

This is the importance of dialogue, of this cooperative and naturally motivating interaction between human beings, in which one person constantly stimulates the other, ensuring that they remain connected, in tune, synchronized, so that together they can build something for themselves or for the world.

The guy on the cell phone didn't want to connect that day, in that context, and there was no time for me to investigate further why he behaved like that. He had his reasons. We all have our reasons

However, for me, sometimes, one thing is certain: trying to hide behind a mental disorder diagnosis usually doesn't help, and can even make some problems worse, whatever they may be.