Gardening, Time & Memory
When I started eating home-grown vegetables (I’ve been doing it for about five years) I learned that the local supermarket was not really selling vegetables. Those objects sold in the produce section looked and felt like vegetables but they didn’t taste like vegetables, at least when compared to my home-grown ones. I also learned that [...]
The Physiological Basis for Consciousness: A Reply to Jeff’s Letter
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Dear Jeff,
I like this theory of quantum consciousness but I get worried when it kind of seems too perfect, to fit too well. I did manage to get the library – not an easy trip from where I am staying. Anyway, once I see Deepak Chopra’s name even tangentially associated with something (he interviewed Hameroff), [...]
The Physiological Basis for Consciousness: A Reply to Dom’s Letter
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Dear Dominic,
Thanks for your letter. Despite the crappy stationary I was still able to read it. Now I know what to get you for Christmas though I’m sure you would prefer another one of those beers of the month things.
Your ideas about consciousness definitely got me thinking and, of course, googling. I found a fascinating [...]
What Is The Physiological Basis Of Consciousness?
Note to the Reader: I received this letter a few weeks ago from a good friend. Perhaps he will flesh out the ideas in greater detail at another time but I was so excited to read this that I wanted to scan it and share the letter with you right away. I hope you find [...]
Pages From My Notebook
Some days I just get tired of having to push myself. I wish I could just wake up and, voila, no more adhd!
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Oh!! Here’s a fcuking eye opener. I have a client who is definitely ADHD. They are god damned psychotic! They drop off the face of the earth and then, blam! they send an [...]
From the Archives: Scrambled Eggs for Brains
There are times when my brain feels like scrambled eggs. The day is like a fog and I can’t concentrate on a thing. This seems to follow periods of clarity when I am going through a manic state of hyper-productivity. It seems that it is the aftermath of the state of clarity as if an [...]
The A.D.D. “Memory” Panic
A.D.D.ers are prone to brief, intense waves of "memory" panic: a sickening feeling that their protective shell has peeled away, leaving them naked in the cold mist of broken memories. This feeling can last for minutes or hours. During the "panic" A.D.D.ers may frantically search through stacks of papers hoping to find some cryptic scribbling [...]
“Shoot Me Now” – The “Cure” for Adult A.D.D.
Bugs Bunny: Would you like to shoot me now or wait ’til you get home?
Daffy Duck: Shoot him now! Shoot him now!
Bugs Bunny: You keep outta this! He doesn’t have to shoot you now!
Daffy Duck: He does SO have to shoot me now!
[to Elmer]
Daffy Duck: I demand that you shoot me now!
[Elmer raises his gun. [...]
“Emerging” from the Scrambled Eggs
I’m beginning to come out of the scrambled egg stage and a coherent, albeit manic, person is emerging. The puzzle is how to speed up this process, that is, to speed up the process between scrambled eggs and reemergence.
Scrambled Eggs…for Brains
There are times when my brain feels like scrambled eggs. The day is like a fog and I can’t concentrate on a thing. This seems to follow periods of clarity when I am going through a manic state of hyper-productivity. It seems that it is the aftermath of the state of clarity as if an [...]
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