Part Four: Inside the Mind of JeffsADDMind – A Conversation
Based on the popularity of the blog — JeffsADDMind — and the willingness of its author, known only as “Jeff,” to discuss most any issue that touches on Adult ADHD (and even issues that don’t touch on Adult ADHD), one would be surprised to learn that there is another side of Jeff that is not [...]
In The A.D.D. Blogosphere
A.D.D. in the Windy City: Mike has written a beautifully concise and cogent description of life with A.D.D. He’s brought together the issues – and the explanations – that will have every A.D.D.er shaking their heads in agreement and, at times, laughing at themselves. (Mike is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post.)
18 Channels: Katy’s [...]
Does God’s Foreknowledge Preclude Mankind’s Free Will, or, Can You Have A.D.D. and Be Happy?
If God is all knowing and powerful; if God created every living (and non-living) thing; if God already knows what the future holds, then is it possible for human beings to have free will? Free will assumes that humans are able to make choices in accord with their own desires. But how is this possible? [...]
The Curious Case of the Unattacked Blog Post
I want to thank all of you that have commented on my recent blog post, Adult A.D.D. as a Form of Madness. Thank you for letting me know that I have articulated something that others did not or preferred not to articulate. Thank you for sharing your own “anecdotes of madness.” Thank you [...]
From the Archives: How Long Will “Me” Last?
An admittedly strange question. However, there are different me’s (should that be “mees” or should I say multiple “I”s or multiple selves?) and sometimes the correct “me” appears when needed and sometimes not. Or sometimes the correct “me” appears but doesn’t stay around long enough and suddenly disappears (actually, it morphs into a different “me”). [...]
From the Archives: Oscillating States: “Being as Doing” and “Self-Conscious Stumbling”
A.D.D.ers tend to oscillate between two different states: “being-as-doing” and “self-conscious-stumbling.” In the being-as-doing state, they are living within every moment, making decisions “within” the moment, doing things “within” that moment and, one might say, “existing as normal people do.”1 It is (or so I imagine) existence with a normal level of self-consciousness which is [...]
Adult A.D.D. As A Form of Madness
More and more I’m beginning to see A.D.D. as a mild form of madness: a sort of insanity that never lets up; an internal force that takes over its “victim” and continually haunts. Manifesting itself as a never-ending urge (and yes, sometimes a voice), its “victims” lead a maddening Sisyphean life as they relive [...]
Giftedness Looks Similar to A.D.D./A.D.H.D.
The excerpted lists below (the complete lists can be found here) enumerate some of the characteristics of giftedness and A.D.H.D. There are similarities. There are differences. It’s easy to see how one can be confused for the other.
Characteristics of Gifted Students Who Are Bored
Poor attention and daydreaming when bored
Low tolerance for persistence on tasks that [...]
Science versus the “A.D.D. Self”
The “Gift or Curse” debate about A.D.D. is really a debate over how to “live” science and how to live one’s life. It is a debate – a battle – between “the science” and “the self.”
The science paints a dismal picture of A.D.D.ers as people who are more likely to have financial problems, career problems, [...]
A Life With No Rewind And A Mind In Fastforward
“This is my story of how I went undiagnosed with ADHD for 31yrs and why I am campaigning to have a voice for adults and their family suffering from adhd in northern ireland and beyond. And give help and advice to anyone who have been undiagnosed and show them where they need to go for [...]
Life With Adult A.D.D.
“I’ve blamed a lot of people in my life for my troubles, but when it comes down to it, I finally realize that I am my own worst enemy. For forty years, I’ve not only opposed what other people want me to do, I’ve opposed what I want to do.”
Source: http://adultadhdrelationships.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html
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‘”Each of these individuals [people [...]
A.D.D.ers are Like Ogres
One of the best lines in Shrek is when he says that Ogres are like onions because, like an onion, they have layers. Well…if you’ve got A.D.D. then you have plenty of layers to peel off so, start peeling them off by writing/blogging about them or talking about them with trusted friends. You’ll feel a [...]
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 [...]
Sorry, Virginia, But I Have Bad News
Sorry, Virginia, but I have bad news. There is no Santa Claus and there is no cure for A.D.D./A.D.H.D. At a later time we can examine the Santa Claus issue but, for now, I would like to examine the “Cure for A.D.D.” issue.
1. There is no cure for A.D.D. because there is nothing to cure. [...]