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ADHD vs Normal (Non-ADHD) Adult Thinking

Posted by Jeff on July 9, 2010 · View Comments 

Here is one way to visualize and compare the thinking patterns of an ADHDer and a Normal (non-ADHD) adult. In this example, they are both faced with an ordinary task: paying their phone bill. Interestingly, despite having the same goal, they end up in different places.

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  • http://www.ADDmanagement.com Jennifer Koretsky

    Love it!
    (But apparently, WordPress won’t let me post a 2-word comment so I’m including this aside.) :)

  • http://18channels.blogspot.com Katy B.

    Oh…yes, this looks familiar. I left it right next to my aldkgjhsdlfgj. And to the left of the rent check I was supposed to drop off, just before I opened a jar of pickles and took a mental trip to 2017.

  • Jeff

    One day I’m going to plot all of my moves during the course of the day…should be an interesting map. ;)

  • http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd-zoe/about/ Zoë Kessler

    Oh really? I had no idea paying a bill was THAT straight-forward! lol
    …from a fellow ADHDer… great post, Jeff!
    Funny and accurate all at the same time!
    Hugs,
    Zoë

  • http://addmsorboth.blogspot.com/ Scott Hutson

    Great idea Jeff! Daily ADD MAP……#1- Wake up. #2- Get a hammer. #3- Hammer alarm clock into tiny pieces. #4- …..

  • http://www.ADHDRollercoaster.org gina pera

    It’d be even more fun if you had call-outs detailing each of the digressions. :-)

  • Anonymous

    Beautifully Simplistic.
    Elegantly Concise.
    (Which btw left me wanting to laugh and cry at the same time! ..lol..)
    Genius! ~*~

  • Jeff

    “Genius!” – Exactly the word that came to my mind when I read my own post. ;)

  • Zenkat

    LOL..and well it should Jeff! Ya done good!
    ~*~

  • Lee

    This made me make an audible noise of humorous gratification…

    thats right… i LOL’d

  • Jeff

    Glad that you and Zenkat and everyone else got a chuckle out of this. Ya know…sometimes…laughter is the only way to deal with this special “gift.”

  • http://addmsorboth.blogspot.com/ Scott Hutson

    Laughter is a gift I have been given. At least I can say I have a gift. Wish I could pay my phone bill with it. :)

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