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My mom thinks car racers are hyperactive. In addition, I read a NASCAR fanfic about Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Trevor Bayne. The story's from Ricky's point of view and when he visits a veteran's hospital, he uses his need to go potty as an excuse to leave the room of a veteran he visited. He used the hospital bathroom rather than the veteran's private one to not intrude on his space and besides he wanted to leave the room. " I was starting to climb the walls. Hyper activity was the bane of all racecar drivers and I was no exception to that.", the story says. Someone said "They rarely sit still." I read it, though rare, hyperactive without attention issues is possible. Do you guys think my mom could be right?

Mr. Smartypants · Accepted Answer

I think there might be something to what she says. The best race car drivers are going to be very quick-thinking. It's like playing an arcade-type computer game at 5x speed. In -all- driving you have to analyze sensual input, make decisions and implement them within a second or so. In race driving the time is much less and the decisions are more crucial.

So you're talking about people who sense, analyze and react MUCH faster than average 'normal' people. And isn't that one of the definitions of hyperactivity?

So you're talking about people who sense, analyze and react MUCH faster than average 'normal' people.  And isn't that one of the definitions of hyperactivity?

K · Answer

First, if you believe things that you read in fanfiction, then you're an IDIOT.

I think most elite athletes are, to a degree, hyperactive. It's a result of the work and training they put in. Racing drivers have to have absurdly quick reflexes and thinking.

There is a HUGE difference between being hyperactive, and having ADD or ADHD. The latter two are largely bogus crap. There are a few people with a genuine problem, but largely these two diagnoses are used as an excuse.

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