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ADHD and Temporality: A Desynchronized Way of Being in the World.
- Source :
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Medical Anthropology . Apr2017, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p260-272. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- ADHD is, I argue, an impairment in sense of time and a matter of difference in rhythm; it can be understood as a certain being in the world, or more specifically, as a disruption in the experience of time and a state of desynchronization and arrhythmia. Through excerpts of interviews with adults diagnosed with ADHD and observations, I illustrate how impairment in time is manifested in an embodied experience of being out of sync. I suggest that the experience of ADHD is characterized as 1) an inner restlessness and bodily arrhythmia; 2) an intersubjective desynchronization between the individual and its surroundings; and 3) a feeling of lagging behind socially due to difficulties in social skills. In closing, I argue that an increasingly accelerating society is augmenting the experience of being out of sync rather than eliminating it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01459740
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Medical Anthropology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121886405
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2016.1274750