Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorderby Joe on TwosThe major impairments of ADD - the distractibility, the hyperactivity, and the poor impulse control - reflect a lack of self-regulation.In general, we may also speak on an underdevelopment of emotional intelligence. Or "being able to motivate oneself and persist in the face of frustrations; to control impulse and to delay gratification; to regulate one's moods and keep distress from swamping the ability to think"