{"id":134620,"date":"2024-11-16T12:49:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T16:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=134620"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:08:20","slug":"time-blindness-in-adhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/time-blindness-in-adhd\/","title":{"rendered":"How Time Blindness in ADHD Becomes a Big Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why do people with ADHD have trouble judging time? How does time blindness affect even the little things in life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People with ADHD may have an impaired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/relationship-to-time\/\">relationship with time<\/a>. Dr. Russell A. Barkley discusses how ADHD affects your sense of the present, the past, and the future, as well as how that can impact your everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out how time blindness in ADHD happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hub\/society-culture\/psychology\/adhd-guide\/\">Shortform&#8217;s guide on ADHD<\/a>.\u00a0If you like what you read here, there\u2019s plenty more to check out in the guide!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-poor-time-sense\"><strong>Poor Time-Sense<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Barkley argues that an important function of the \u201cstop, think, then act\u201d mental process is that it lets you build a mental image of the present, compare it to memories of the past, and make best-guess predictions of the future. When time blindness in ADHD interrupts that process, <strong>you have difficulty judging the passage of time, <\/strong>and because you\u2019re not aware of time, you can\u2019t consciously manage it. You have problems estimating how much time things will take, so you\u2019ll consistently underestimate how much time you need. You\u2019ll miss deadlines and frequently run late for appointments. The people in your life may think you\u2019re unreliable, when really you\u2019re simply lacking a sense of time that most other people take for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ADHD doesn\u2019t just impair your ability to measure time passing in the present\u2014it also impacts your perception of time on a larger scale. Barkley states that because of ADHD, your <strong>recall of past events may be impaired, as well as your ability to envision the future. <\/strong>You may have trouble remembering specific details of your life, such as important conversations or the results of past behaviors. This becomes a struggle when you need to plan long-term projects or make decisions based on future consequences: When you can\u2019t remember your experiences, you can\u2019t reflect on and learn from them, and if you find it hard to think about the future, you can\u2019t consciously plan for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Time, Memory, and Meaning<\/strong><br><br>While Barkley suggests that an impaired sense of time causes memory problems, the relationship between the two also works in the other direction. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/moonwalking-with-einstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Moonwalking With Einstein<\/em><\/a>, Joshua Foer explores how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/moonwalking-with-einstein\/chapter-2#time-and-memory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">time and memory are tightly interwoven even in neurotypical people<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/why-do-we-remember-certain-things-but-forget-others\/\">Memorable moments<\/a> make certain times feel longer, whereas when you\u2019re stuck in a routine, your weeks, months, and years seem to pass quickly. Foer also points to the work of Michel Siffre, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg23931900-400-this-man-spent-months-alone-underground-and-it-warped-his-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">self-induced a state of amnesia<\/a> by living underground with no way to measure time. People with ADHD experience these effects as a vicious cycle\u2014loss of time negates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/memory-formation-brain-on-fire\/\">memory formation<\/a>, and a lack of memories impairs your sense of time.<br><br>Though it\u2019s not a strategy Barkley brings up, one potential way to address your sense of time is to actively create memorable moments to fill it. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-power-of-moments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Power of Moments<\/em><\/a>, Chip and Dan Heath recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-power-of-moments#what-makes-for-a-defining-moment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">engaging in activities that are meaningful and emotional<\/a>. Such activities provide moments that can elevate you beyond your everyday life, help you discover something new, give you a sense of validation, or make you feel more deeply connected to the people around you. The more you search out these kinds of experiences, the more your brain will store them as memories, potentially strengthening your experience of time, which could make Barkley\u2019s suggestions later in this guide even more effective in practice.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Though it\u2019s not the most visible ADHD symptom, lacking a sense of time is just as disabling as being too impulsive and not thinking through your actions. Barkley writes that <strong>you may find it nearly impossible to make plans, adhere to schedules, or follow through with set agendas.<\/strong> Suppose you have to finish a specific task at work, go to the dentist, and pick your child up from school, all in the same afternoon. Accomplishing any one of these things requires having a sense of how much time it will take, how it slots into the rest of your schedule, and how much buffer time to leave in between. Trying to keep track of all these things at once requires a cognitive model of time that ADHD undermines at every step of the way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Later in this guide, we\u2019ll discuss tools to externalize your plans, schedules, and to-do lists, but another way to tackle this issue is to eliminate anything from your schedule that you can. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-one-thing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The One Thing<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/gary-w-keller\/\">Gary Keller<\/a> says that you should ask yourself:<strong> <\/strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-one-thing#ask-the-focusing-question\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What\u2019s the one thing I can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary?<\/a>\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/focusing-question\/\">focusing question<\/a> takes two forms\u2014\u201cWhat\u2019s the one thing I\u2019m working toward?\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s the one thing I should be doing <em>right now<\/em>?\u201d The first determines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/your-life-purpose\/\">your purpose<\/a>, while the second sets your immediate priority. This lets you ignore the array of things you <em>could<\/em> do and focus on the right things, recognizing that everything on your schedule isn\u2019t equally important.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do people with ADHD have trouble judging time? How does time blindness affect even the little things in life? People with ADHD may have an impaired relationship with time. Dr. Russell A. Barkley discusses how ADHD affects your sense of the present, the past, and the future, as well as how that can impact your everyday life. 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