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ADD (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a shortage of attention but an inability to aim it.

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ADD (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠being able to work all day on the thing that does not matter and not at all on the thing that does.

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ADD (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like playing a pinball game constantly on multiball

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ADD (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like holding a bunch of marbles without a bag while doing everything.

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Asperger's syndrome (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠contrasted with autism in that autism is to live in one's own world while Asperger's is to lives in our world in a way of his own choosing

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Asperger's syndrome (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠often described with the saying 'if you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome, you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome' because within this condition the variety of personality, of humor, of behavior, is infinite.

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Delusion of persecution (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one of the most dramatic human defenses against the feeling of personal insignificance and worthlessness. He is an extra on the stage of life. But he wants to be a star, so he imagines to be surveilled since he’d only be surveilled if he were a very important person.

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Dementedness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the mind misplacing the room while still living in it.

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Dementedness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the melancholy mental condition of one whose arguments we are unable to answer.