Does this make sense? Or am I “Mad”? Or both?

Thom Hartmann provides a perspective that does not jive with conventional ADD/ADHD theory. What works for him should not be discarded, and what works for you should not be as well.

Sharing info, such as is done on this blog, allows people to formulate their own game plans, whether they are people who have ADD/ADHD or people who deal with those who have ADD/ADHD. Sharing info is much different than promulgating absolutism. I do not believe Hartmann does that, but I could be wrong (have been many times before).

I have probably analyzed ever thing analyzable. But from what I’ve learned so far about us ADDers is,,,, all ADDers are different, and some of those mental illness,behaviour,attitude..etc things can show themselves more often or more severe, in some ADDers.

Scott.

Sociopathy and psychopathy are extreme forms of narcissism. It is documented that sociopaths (those who lack empathy for anyone besides themselves), have 25% more white matter in the prefrontal cortex than non-sociopaths, and other issues in the

I know all sorts of ADD/ADHD people who have huge hearts for others…and are very other-centered, (as opposed to a sociopath’s utter self-centeredness…and clever sociopaths are so clever that they have surface behaviors that will fool others into thinking that they care about others…but when tested, they always choose themselves first), and so,

I want to be very clear that I know that ADD/ADHD people are NOT narcissists or sociopaths, but I wonder, is the reverse true? Do most malignant narcissists and/or sociopaths also have ADD/ADHD?

I agree that it can’t be (shouldn’t be) all doom-and-gloom. If it was…well…I wouldn’t be plugging away at this blog and many people wouldn’t be leaving comments. Let’s say that many of the posts here are the unvarnished, non-fairy tale version of life with A.D.D.

Hope you come buy again and read some of the slightly more sanguine posts.

Look I know this is trite, but unless you can find some positive way to approach things, then why not just end it right now?

It sucks, but it’s the way you/we are, and so learn to deal with it. Everyone, ‘normals’ included, need a bit of self-delusion to keep going sometimes. It’s a fine balance.

Shit it’s late. I came to your blog via the great huffpost article, and I’m happy to have found some non-bullshit discussion of this. I recently found this great article, from 1987 no less, that contains some of the best subjective descriptions I have read:
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/11/magazine/out-of-a-darkness.html

Thanks again, and keep at it.

This may be why I am so frustrated with myself, about the comments I make, that sound so “out of touch” with the subject. I want to take the subject to the next level, and control the meaning of the message. But I don’t learn the meaning of first level, which is the original message.