Aspects of Awareness have intertwined backgrounds and foregrounds. Here are the aspects of awareness with their backgrounds (B) and foregrounds (F). Its importance for me is in terms of where ADHD’s intertwining is good and where learning to distinguish background and foregrounds is operationally better.
1. AWARENESS mental state B current experience F
2. PERCEPTION prior experiences and beliefs B sensory information F
3. CONSCIOUSNESS unconscious processes B awareness of the self and the environment F
4. MINDFULNESS distractions and wandering thoughts B present moment awareness F
5. ATTENTIVENESS distractions and competing stimuli B focus on a task or object F
6. INTROSPECTION external stimuli B self-reflection and examination of thoughts and feelings F
7. SENSATION mental interpretation B physical sensation F
8. RECOGNITION memory B identifying familiar stimuli F
9. UNDERSTANDING prior knowledge B comprehending information F
10. FOCUS distractions B intentional attention F
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