For neurotypical people, toggling over to the DMN periodically allows you to get some intellectual rest and relaxation—daydreaming time, for instance, which isn’t necessarily bad. But highly imaginative, creative people—like those of us who have ADHD or VAST—often get stuck in the DMN, leading to horribly negative, gloomy, and self-critical thoughts like the ones we saw in Hank’s experience earlier.
