Do I Know You?
There are two photographs that sit on my desk. In one I am next to my wife who, at the time, was pregnant with our first daughter. In the other I am sitting next to her and she is holding our newborn first daughter. I stare at those photos and see the Jeff-of-then. I can [...]
How do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer?
Note to the reader: This is my 400th blog post How do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer? At the mere mention of the word many will conjure up images of a disheveled boy who is literally bouncing off the walls. (Of course girls can have ADHD but that’s not the first image that usually [...]
Most Popular ADHD Posts of 2010
These are the fifteen most read ADHD-related posts for 2010. Interestingly, the post in the number one position is a short post that I wrote three years ago. But it DOES deal with everyone’s favorite topic so it gets a lot of hits…as does the third most read post. Some of the other popular posts [...]
From The Archives: It’s All About Choices
To be human is to be confronted with choices. Each choice, like a fork in a path, takes us in a different direction. Some choices are inconsequential while others are, literally, life changing. Collectively these choices make up who we are at any point in time. [ Read More ]
The Fear of Time Management
Several months ago I reached out to an ADHD coach to help me with a problem that has plagued me from day one: the problem of time management. In my younger days, time management was never an issue. Youthful vigor made it possible to work insane hours. Twenty years ago I worked thirty-three hours a [...]
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 [...]
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! ————————————————————- 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 [...]
The Metamorphosis
What happens to an ADHDer when he succeeds at overcoming some of the negative aspects of his “gift”?
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 [...]
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 [...]
It Does Improve…Really…It Does
As I write this I’m surrounded by one of the “markers” of A.D.D. – those ever growing “piles.” My desktop is covered with piles of paper and there’s also a pile on the floor. The dining room table has a pile though it’s not as high as the one on the floor. Still, after three [...]
Getting Beyond A.D.D. “Paralysis”
A.D.D.ers can easily enter a state of “paralysis” ” of complete inaction” when their to-do list grows exponentially. According to Jennifer Koretsky, this happens when you become consumed by all of the things you must do (“consumed by the future”) and, simultaneously, you are consumed by your legacy of past mistakes (“consumed by the past”). [...]
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 – [...]
