What is 'culturally-induced ADD'?

What is 'culturally-induced ADD'?

Edward Hallowell (Psychiatrist, Author) gives expert video advice on: What is 'culturally-induced ADD'?; Can someone else's culturally-induced ADD jeopardize my safety?; What's the connection between culturally-induced ADD and being busy? and more...

You can get so busy that you look as if you have Attention Deficit Disorder. True Attention Deficit Disorder you are born with. It's in your genes. But culturally-induced ADD is simply an artifact of being too busy. When you get too busy, you become distractable, you become impulsive, you become restless, you become irritable, you become easily frustrated. All of those are typical symptoms of ADD. So you can rev yourself up into looking as if you have ADD.