Understanding Time Blindness (well, my time blindness)

Time blindness - I am completely fascinated by this topic in relation to ADHD thinking.  How do I describe what I don't see nor do naturally? 

"According to Dr. Russell Barkley, a leading ADHD expert, we struggle to have a memory of the future. What that means, Luther explained, is that it is very difficult for those with ADHD to see ourselves in the future. We can 't connect to our future selves on an emotional or intellectual level. We aren 't able to think of our future selves and act from what our future selves will really, really want.  It's very difficult for us to remember and act from how we want to feel and be a month from now, let alone years from now. "  Citation


The lack of this ability leads to impulsive decisions (pick your vice that you indulge) and years of wasted time.  

One way I think of this inability to imagine the future is to imagine a reverse spiral of layers upon layers of challenge. 

Let's imagine those "begats" that you may come across if you ever read through some of the bible.   A dysfunctioning neurological system begats poor sleep habits begats emotional sensitivity begats morning moodiness began sleepiness begats forgetfulness begats poor focus in school begats inability to do homework well begats grade anxiety begats an already squishy self esteem begats learning to keep quiet begats toxic stress begats overeating begats sugar addiction begats sugar crashes begats years of weight loss and gain and loss and gain begats finding oneself almost 43 years old wondering how I missed healthy life planning.   

I now know how I missed it (read above) but it seems imperative to understand how I didn't see in order to now see.