What is ADHD ?
ADHD ( Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ) is a mental health problem in which a person does not stay focused on a particular point and shows hyperactive and impulsive behavior. The mind has no attention towards the present work and only triggers the thoughts and emotions related to past or future incidents. This problem is gradually increasing day by day on both children and adolescents. Researches on it have shown that this problem gradually decreases during old ages.
There has been a massive decline in the performance level, concentration ability, patience and problem solving skill of people due to this problem. The lockdown period has contributed a lot for increasing the problem and its symptoms among various people.
What are the symptoms of ADHD ?
The symptoms almost vary from person to person. In some cases, people wrongly suspect that they have ADHD. Well, Some of the common symptoms of ADHD are given below :
1. Hard to concentrate on a single task.
2. Non stop thoughts in mind.
3. Weak Problem Solving Ability
4.Decrease in patience.
5. Frequent physical movements.
6. Forgetting Tasks.
7. Frequent talking.
8. Interfering others task.
9. Anxiety
10. Sudden Actions.
What are the causes of low focus and concentration towards your work ?
Well, There are several causes for it. Some of the problems may occur due to genetics and disturbed hormone secretion too but we will discuss some of the artificial factors affecting your focus and concentration ability. we will be only focusing on the factors related to our practical life.
Some of the causes of your low focusing and concentration ability are give below.
1. Social Media
Social medias have become one of the organs of human body. It is a automatic daily routine which we follow everyday. We underestimate social medias thinking " They are only a way for globalization " but using it in a wrong way can affect you very badly. It has become one of the prime cause for increasing symptoms of ADHD among youngsters. Everyone is more interested in knowing what's going in the social media or their phone rather than their work which has created a focus deficiency and declined concentration ability in today's generation. I am not saying "Don't use social media" but the limit of use must be maintained.
If you have heard the life stories of your grandparents, You must have heard them saying " In my time, I used to study for 4 to 5 hours continuously without any break". You might have said " Oh grandpa or grandma, Don't lie." But its true. They didn't engaged so much on social media at their time. Our developing world and changing lifestyle has affected us a lot in both positive and negative ways. This a clear example proving the effect of social medias on our focusing and concentrating ability.
2. Over thinking on unnecessary topics.
You may be thinking " How overthinking can be a symptom and a cause too ?". Hmm, You also can make certain restrictions in your thoughts but you don't. You keep on thinking on anything you see but it's not a good idea. People are over focusing on unnecessary topics and incidents which leads them to lose focus and concentration from their main work. People just keep on solving the zig zag puzzles in their mind. Prioritizing unnecessary things in your life can cost you high in your future.
3. Addiction.
Your addictions are your biggest enemies. Addiction can be of anything and to anybody. Your addictions frequently derive your focus and concentration from your work and trick your brain to prioritize the pleasures and sensation which you can receive through your addiction. One of the example we all are facing now is phone addiction. When you sit to do your work like study or any job project then your mind keeps on chanting " What's going on the phone ?, What's going there?." and you suddenly break your concentration and again start using phone. You can simply relate this example with your own experience. Your any addiction can hamper your focus and mentality. So, Be aware. I have detailly explained about the addiction and its causes on my previous blogs. You can read them and clearly understand the whole concept of addiction. Just go on my website http://simplelifeexplanations.blogspot.com/
Now, Let's move ahead.
We have well discussed about the problem and its causes .Now, It's the time for some solutions. Simply, Conquering all of the above main causes can directly improve your focus and solve all your problems but let's discuss some of the ways to solve the problem.
What are the ways to increase focus and concentration ?
Some of the ways to increase focus and concentration are given below:
1. Set goals and action plans
Setting goals and action plans can have a huge impact to increase your focus and concentration. Targeting clear goals related to career and designing action plans according to it can give you a clear vision for doing the task and can provide a strong meaning to the task. For example, You can give your study a meaning that it will contribute the most in your upcoming career and help you become a successful person. If you can give meaning to your work according to your goals, nothing small can stop you from achieving your goal and your all small problems escape way.
2.Self Realization
Self - realization is the most powerful tool to increase your focus and concentration as well as interest towards the work. You are the only one who can change yourself and build your career. Realizing the concept that " Nothing is more important to me than my career " can be your most powerful weapon to increase your will power and focus. Use of positive affirmations can also help to change your brain patterns and can help you to build concentration. Pasting your goals everywhere on the wall in your home can also help you to prioritize your goals as you keep on seeing them frequently.
3. Eradicating all your addictions
As I already mentioned, Addictions are your biggest enemies. You must be working on the ways to eradicate your addictions and build new habits. Social medias are the most addictive things we are facing in our daily life. Addictions create a urge in the brain and brain just follows it and distribute your focus and concentration on various things. It just hangs the whole brain system. So, You have to get out of all those material desires and some pleasures and sensations you can receive through your addiction. You just have to keep the things according to their priority in their respective places in your life to create a meaningful and satisfactory living. I have made a blog on 'how to conquer your phone addiction ?' So, You just check it out after completing this blog. To know '' How to conquer your mobile addiction ?''. Just go to www.simplelifeexplanations.blogspot.com
4. Daily Routine
Daily routine is the only tool that can keep you in track. Making a well detailed and structured routine and strictly following it can help you to create good habits which can directly help you to increase your focus and concentration. Making plans for doing something very important in your leisure time or holiday, building different life skills can help you to better concentrate because you keep on thinking about your upcoming projects and can better derive your attention there. Always create mind maps of your works and plans and of your goals too. Don't write all your plans, routines and goals in a list. Make a mind map instead. Our mind does not think according to the list. Our mind thinks like a tree, like from the main stem to the branches and from branches to other branches and so on. Same in mind, the main idea leads to the next plan and the next plan helps to create another plan and so on. You can simply know about mind maps by searching on google.
5. Meditation
See, Meditation is an easy concept. Practicing meditation is not so difficult. You can just boost your focus and concentration power by practicing simple meditation. You must do meditation with your full effort and attention but not like a robot programmed for doing meditation. Meditation helps to boost gamma levels which directly helps in improving focus, consciousness, concentration, mental reflex actions etc. Listening gamma music can also help you to improve your gamma level. The early morning time also known as Brahmamuhurtha which start from 4:24 am local time which means the time to praise the god is the best time to meditate because it consist the abundant amount of prana in the atmosphere. Scientists have discovered that in the morning time, the concentration and creativity of a person reaches the peak.
6. Proper Sleep
Following a proper night routine and having a proper sound sleep can keep you active and motivated the whole day. We all know that if we don't take a good sleep, we will not have a active morning and the whole day is going to be boring and how can we imagine that without a proper sleep, we will be able to focus or concentrate on our work. So, Proper sound sleep is also necessary. To have a good sleep, we mustn't use electronic devices or phones while going to bed because the blue light emitted by cell phones stops the production of melatonin in the body which directly leads to bad or improper sleep. We should sleep in a proper manner with the spine straight position and should have a fresh mood in the next morning to be able to focus and concentrate.
In Conclusion
See, just reading texts don't bring changes on your life. You must need to implement all these things in your daily life and give yourself a try to become something different so that you can make a great future. You must need hard practice and stubborn to solve all your problems. Always remember, prioritizing necessary things in your life and setting proper aims and goals can simply increase your focus and concentration on your work and eradicate your focus from unnecessary things.
If you are asking " What is the best time to apply all these things ?". The answer is now. For students, It is the best time to study. For entrepreneurs, It is the best time to make important working plans to improve their business. The answer is only now, now and now.
So, I hope you have understood the concept very well and will properly follow all the above steps to increase your concentration and focus towards your work. To know more on similar topics keep on visiting https://simplelifeexplanations.blogspot.com/
Thank You.
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