A Clock For Your Desktop
Tara McGillicuddy pointed out in a recent blog post that the most important time management tool for an A.D.D.er is an analog clock. Unlike digital clocks which simply tell time, an analog clock offers a concrete visual conception of the passage of time. For those of you who are tied to your computer, you may [...]
From the Archives: The A.D.D.er Can Not Understand Life Because The A.D.D.er Can Not Understand Time
To make sense out of life, one must also be able to make sense of time, that is, understanding one requires understanding the other. In our everyday world they are inseparable. Life requires time and time has meaning because of life. The life of the human being is understood to be “a life” because it [...]
The Broken Escapement – An A.D.D. Metaphor
“Each swing of the pendulum releases the escapement, making it change from a “locked” state to a “drive” state for a short period that ends when the next tooth on the gear hits the locking surface on the escapement. It is this periodic release of energy and rapid stopping that makes a clock “tick;” it [...]
Helping ADHD Children Master Time
“Children with attention deficit disorder often struggle to understand sequence, tell time, and prioritize — with their education paying the price. Find out how to help your ADHD student comprehend clocks, calendars, and other time management skills.”
See: Helping ADHD Children Master Time
A Job…With Benefits for an A.D.D.er
A year and a half ago, when it was obvious that the economy was in a downward spiral,1 I decided it was time to put together a resume and get a job. My business, which was started in 2000, had more economic downs than ups and, subsequently, had taken its toll on my financial and [...]
The Older A.D.D.er
A.D.D.ers spend years in a dream world. Spinning ever more elaborate fantasies (financial conquests, sexual conquests, social conquests) life seems like a far-off horizon, something that stretches out before you in an infinite regress but which you are never able to reach. Today you have failed but you live to fight another day, holding on [...]
The A.D.D.er Can Not Understand Life Because the A.D.D.er Can Not Understand Time
To make sense out of life, one must also be able to make sense of time, that is, understanding one requires understanding the other. In our everyday world they are inseparable. Life requires time and time has meaning because of life. The life of the human being is understood to be “a life” because it [...]
Another Perspective on “The Tyranny of Now”
The Importance of “Now and Not Now” in ADHD Marriages
Dr. Hallowell often states in his speeches that people with ADHD have only two concepts of time “now” and “not now.”. How true that is! If a project or idea is in front of a person with ADHD it gets done now or, [...]
Lost Time and “The Fog”
What has put me into the deepest of depressions is the realization of how much time has been lost. My perpetual mental “fog” lifts – albeit momentarily – only to reveal that I’ve been mentally asleep for so long it seems I’m starting life anew. There are so many things I should have done which [...]
Time Horizons
It is a recent discovery (for me) that there will come a time that I will not be around and my kids will be going on without me. I visualized it below. I figure that my wife is likely to outlive me (though…it is possible I may outlive her…however…because Alzheimer’s runs on my side of [...]
The Tyranny of Now
Here’s summarization of this article suitable for the A.D.D. mind. :
The problem of not being able to understand past, present and future is a serious one and should not be underestimated. It is possible for the A.D.D.er to understand it on a conceptual level – such as in the discussion of such phenomena [...]
History, Future and the A.D.D. Brain
The puzzle, or perhaps the contradiction of ADD is that it opens up a future-looking event horizon that allows for Cassandra-like vision (though sometimes a distorted or hysterical version). It also opens up a backward looking horizon (when one reflects on one’s personal history) but, paradoxically, everyday life seems like shattered glass with shards of [...]
