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.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Medical Anthropology |
Vol/bind | 36 |
Udgave nummer | 3 |
Sider (fra-til) | 260-272 |
ISSN | 0145-9740 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2017 |