| Absent-mindedness is where a person shows inattentive or forgetful behavior. It is not a diagnosed condition, but rather a state people experience in their daily lives from a variety of different causes, including boredom, sleepiness, or focus on internal thoughts instead of on external surroundings. When experiencing absent-mindedness, people tend to show signs of memory lapses and weak recollection of recent events. Absent-mindedness can usually be a result of a variety of other conditions often diagnosed by clinicians, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and depression. In addition to absent-mindedness leading to an array of consequences affecting daily life, it can have more severe, long-term problems. |
