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    ADHD means "out of sight out of mind"
You know, it's funny. I believe I'm similar to you in this department. I use a giant 4K monitor as an ADHD mitigation tool.

But I used to work with another guy. Also ADHD. And he said he absolutely had to restrict himself to smaller, single screens, in order to focus because looking at multiple windows at once was anathema to his ADHD.

Just doubly reinforces how unique brains are. Even with the same diagnosis, different strategies.



I tightly control the amount of context switching I do since you can get derailed by them, for much the same reason. I don't think I have ADHD but I certainly struggle with attention, and that is a strategy I use. Every alt+tab/window switch is an opportunity for me to lose my train of thought.


Yeah, this is the specific reason for me. As far as my trains of thought go, every alt-tab or cmd-tab is something close to a guaranteed derailment.

It sucks, because it sure looks fun to do some work in a coffee shop or whatever from time to time!




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