Comments on: 52 Tips for (Yech!) Happiness http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm If ADD Is A Gift...Can I Return It For Something Else? Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Scott Hutson http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2775 Scott Hutson Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:49:14 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm#comment-2775 I can relate to these things....I am 48, yesterday, I was 18. I have changed, as most ppl do, being responsible, more aware of what it takes to survive..etc. But the mind still races, and the need for something that I cannot identify. Realizing why I have felt this way all my life, may be the answer. I will try to find this happiness that eludes me, by believing I will. The alternative is not an an option, as this point of the journey. I can relate to these things….I am 48, yesterday, I was 18. I have changed, as most ppl do, being responsible, more aware of what it takes to survive..etc. But the mind still races, and the need for something that I cannot identify.

Realizing why I have felt this way all my life, may be the answer. I will try to find this happiness that eludes me, by believing I will. The alternative is not an an option, as this point of the journey.

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm/comment-page-1#comment-722 Jeff Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:05:14 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm#comment-722 There are rare moments where I can sense the passage of time. Most of the time...I'm continually amazed how it flies right by and I don't notice it. There are rare moments where I can sense the passage of time. Most of the time…I’m continually amazed how it flies right by and I don’t notice it.

]]> By: Crimson http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm/comment-page-1#comment-717 Crimson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:31:33 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm#comment-717 That's wild - I can remember too much, Time counts by and I can feel it passing, it's like my heartbeat. I can generally guess close to the time of day even without a clock. Losing time would be devastating - you can't regain it back, and that is the maddening on both sides! Being conscious of Time and it's passage and how you feel and the things that happen along the way can be quite maddening in it's own way, I can look at a picture of myself at 12 and remember what I was feeling/thinking at the time. But all of it is part of who I am. I think the part that bothers me is that (I see?) it gets worse with stress. I don't know how to compensate for that, how to deal with it myself. It is funny how it is all wrapped around Time, and how many crossed wires different perceptions of Time can cause! That’s wild – I can remember too much, Time counts by and I can feel it passing, it’s like my heartbeat. I can generally guess close to the time of day even without a clock. Losing time would be devastating – you can’t regain it back, and that is the maddening on both sides! Being conscious of Time and it’s passage and how you feel and the things that happen along the way can be quite maddening in it’s own way, I can look at a picture of myself at 12 and remember what I was feeling/thinking at the time. But all of it is part of who I am.
I think the part that bothers me is that (I see?) it gets worse with stress. I don’t know how to compensate for that, how to deal with it myself. It is funny how it is all wrapped around Time, and how many crossed wires different perceptions of Time can cause!

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm/comment-page-1#comment-715 Jeff Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:04:42 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm#comment-715 The loss of time is probably the most devastating aspect of Adult ADD. Whole chunks of life are gone. It all becomes quite maddening. Sometimes I look at photos of myself from years past and wonder, where is that person in the picture? I know it is me yet I don't feel that person being inside me...I only know on an intellectual level that it is me. (Wow! Don't ya just love A.D.D.?) The loss of time is probably the most devastating aspect of Adult ADD. Whole chunks of life are gone. It all becomes quite maddening. Sometimes I look at photos of myself from years past and wonder, where is that person in the picture? I know it is me yet I don’t feel that person being inside me…I only know on an intellectual level that it is me. (Wow! Don’t ya just love A.D.D.?)

]]> By: Crimson http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm/comment-page-1#comment-713 Crimson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:40:21 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/52-tips-for-yech-happiness-94.htm#comment-713 That's it exactly! I try to help my husband be present, in the here and now... years have gone by and he tells me it's like days to him, a week away from home flies by so quickly for him that he doesn't realize he hasn't called me at all. It will be 17 years this May, half our lives.... it's been more than moments LOL Happiness is relative, but finding things that make you truly happy is a pretty daunting task. There may be a world of problems, but they all didn't build up in a day. That’s it exactly! I try to help my husband be present, in the here and now… years have gone by and he tells me it’s like days to him, a week away from home flies by so quickly for him that he doesn’t realize he hasn’t called me at all.
It will be 17 years this May, half our lives….
it’s been more than moments LOL
Happiness is relative, but finding things that make you truly happy is a pretty daunting task.
There may be a world of problems, but they all didn’t build up in a day.

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