She talks fast, providing idea after idea, yet each is comprehensible and fresh. ADHD is identified as a specific type of brain wiring that is characterized by distractibility, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. To explain it differently, ADHD is like living in a series of tornadoes. Images swirl by every millisecond, making it hard to focus on any one image for an extended amount of time. It is a whirlwind, a constant presentation of new ideas, new stimulation, and new insights.
Time is lost.
Those with ADHD are constantly being twirled, tumbled, and turned in the strong wind, without wanting to be, without having any control over these actions, sometimes without any control over what they say. Yet there are times when the person will reach the eye of the storm, where there is complete calm. No invading thoughts. Only at this point can an ADHDer hyperfocus and give every ounce of their body towards attending that one thought. As DSS coordinator, Pliner must take on many different roles.