Comments on: The Curious Case of the Unattacked Blog Post http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm If ADD Is A Gift...Can I Return It For Something Else? Tue, 15 May 2012 11:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Katy B. http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13422 Katy B. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:10:43 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-13422 Scott...the purple chinese pepper...bwahahaha! Scott…the purple chinese pepper…bwahahaha!

]]> By: Scott Hutson http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13116 Scott Hutson Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:09:07 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-13116 The first thing someone should read on this blog is the Title.."JEFF'S A.D.D. MIND".....Before attacking! Maybe we(the commenters), on the post did that. I'll admit I did'nt, when I first found this blog. I did'nt attack, but I was a little bit confused, about the first post I read, because my search directed me straight to http://jeffsaddmind.com/brain-tumors-do-not-exist-141.htm The first thing someone should read on this blog is the Title..”JEFF’S A.D.D. MIND”…..Before attacking! Maybe we(the commenters), on the post did that. I’ll admit I did’nt, when I first found this blog. I did’nt attack, but I was a little bit confused, about the first post I read, because my search directed me straight to http://jeffsaddmind.com/brain-tumors-do-not-exist-141.htm

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13106 Jeff Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:00:38 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-13106 Scott, that's a great description of sugar-coated A.D.D. Katy, I agree with you that it would be helpful, oh so helpful, to hear the real nitty-gritty of these "successful" A.D.D.ers. with all the blemishes intact. Betsy, thank you (and Gina, again) for pointing out that it takes a literate person to understand what I've written. I'm not patting myself on the back here (ok...maybe a little) but I hate the way we reduce the world to simplicities when it is really very complex. We've become - courtesy of Murdoch - a country of Sean Hannity-type idiots. Scott, that’s a great description of sugar-coated A.D.D.

Katy, I agree with you that it would be helpful, oh so helpful, to hear the real nitty-gritty of these “successful” A.D.D.ers. with all the blemishes intact.

Betsy, thank you (and Gina, again) for pointing out that it takes a literate person to understand what I’ve written. I’m not patting myself on the back here (ok…maybe a little) but I hate the way we reduce the world to simplicities when it is really very complex. We’ve become – courtesy of Murdoch – a country of Sean Hannity-type idiots.

]]> By: betsy davenport, phd http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13096 betsy davenport, phd Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:25:20 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-13096 Rightly, Gina points out that it takes a literate person to read and digest your post, so that might explain things. Not being literate hasn't always stopped people from the knee jerk (emphasis on JERK) response. I've just made a contribution to the conversation at large. See: http://adderworld.com/blog1/2009/09/19/what-is-adhd-2/comment-page-1#comment-26836 Rightly, Gina points out that it takes a literate person to read and digest your post, so that might explain things. Not being literate hasn’t always stopped people from the knee jerk (emphasis on JERK) response.

I’ve just made a contribution to the conversation at large. See:
http://adderworld.com/blog1/2009/09/19/what-is-adhd-2/comment-page-1#comment-26836

]]> By: Scott Hutson http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13075 Scott Hutson Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:42:49 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-13075 Sugar-coated A.D.D.> Take a purple Chinese hot pepper(ghost pepper), dip it in melted chocolate, let dry, and sell it. That first bite is so good..... Sugar-coated A.D.D.> Take a purple Chinese hot pepper(ghost pepper), dip it in melted chocolate, let dry, and sell it. That first bite is so good…..

]]> By: Katy B. http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13064 Katy B. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:23:39 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-13064 "I want scientific data - NOT anecdotes about one or two successful CEOs." Actually, I would be delighted to hear success stories of CEO's provided there are no omissions. Because every ADHD success story has its challenging moments, its perplexing moments, its painful moments, and its downright dark moments. THOSE are the bits I want to hear, and that I feel I learn the most from. So that I know I'm not alone...so that I can see how other people pull their asses out of those predicaments...so that I can store some of them away as cautionary tales. Those stories of success include moments of great triumph, and truly earned victory as well as the behind the scenes tales of partners and secretaries and even children who act at times as caretakers...those who tolerate unpredicable behavior, who hold routine together and gather the crew and keep the ship running despite the fact that the Captain may be...wait, where is the Captain exactly? Those are the parts I need to see...the admissions of reliance on support systems, descriptions of the moment to moment victories AND failures, in the search for success. Failures along the way do not invalidate the success...in fact, they make it richer. Right now, in the transitions I am facing as I relearn how to live my life...I need the whole picture. I need it like air. I am already recovering from a lifetime of battling ADHD with perfectionism, and I have lost that battle. I have finally given myself permission to evolve, the last thing I need is more sunshine being blown up my bum by the "well-intentioned". It's a sick way of thinking. “I want scientific data – NOT anecdotes about one or two successful CEOs.” Actually, I would be delighted to hear success stories of CEO’s provided there are no omissions. Because every ADHD success story has its challenging moments, its perplexing moments, its painful moments, and its downright dark moments. THOSE are the bits I want to hear, and that I feel I learn the most from. So that I know I’m not alone…so that I can see how other people pull their asses out of those predicaments…so that I can store some of them away as cautionary tales.

Those stories of success include moments of great triumph, and truly earned victory as well as the behind the scenes tales of partners and secretaries and even children who act at times as caretakers…those who tolerate unpredicable behavior, who hold routine together and gather the crew and keep the ship running despite the fact that the Captain may be…wait, where is the Captain exactly?

Those are the parts I need to see…the admissions of reliance on support systems, descriptions of the moment to moment victories AND failures, in the search for success. Failures along the way do not invalidate the success…in fact, they make it richer.

Right now, in the transitions I am facing as I relearn how to live my life…I need the whole picture. I need it like air.

I am already recovering from a lifetime of battling ADHD with perfectionism, and I have lost that battle. I have finally given myself permission to evolve, the last thing I need is more sunshine being blown up my bum by the “well-intentioned”. It’s a sick way of thinking.

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13014 Jeff Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:01:36 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-13014 Again, I can't thank all of you enough for validating the truth of my assertions as opposed to the "truthiness" of the assertions made by the A.D.D.-is-a-Gift crowd. While I certainly understand, and even applaud (though very softly and quietly) what they are trying to accomplish by shifting the dialogue to something that has a more positive, uplifting tone, however, they are confusing their rhetoric for reality. (I examined this particular issue in this other post: http://jeffsaddmind.com/is-and-like-452.htm) Again, I can’t thank all of you enough for validating the truth of my assertions as opposed to the “truthiness” of the assertions made by the A.D.D.-is-a-Gift crowd. While I certainly understand, and even applaud (though very softly and quietly) what they are trying to accomplish by shifting the dialogue to something that has a more positive, uplifting tone, however, they are confusing their rhetoric for reality. (I examined this particular issue in this other post: http://jeffsaddmind.com/is-and-like-452.htm)

]]> By: Scott Hutson http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13002 Scott Hutson Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:59:55 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-13002 Jeff, I thought it was a great post! I wonder though, what if you had not mentioned that you expected attacks? That question I just asked is one of my own forms of maddness.> Questioning what cannot be answered. I will never know the answer. Jeff,

I thought it was a great post! I wonder though, what if you had not mentioned that you expected attacks?
That question I just asked is one of my own forms of maddness.> Questioning what cannot be answered. I will never know the answer.

]]> By: Gina Pera http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12997 Gina Pera Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:53:19 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-12997 Well, I know one part didn't make sense. You DID write a pretty sensational headline. lol! Well, I know one part didn’t make sense. You DID write a pretty sensational headline. lol!

]]> By: Gina Pera http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12996 Gina Pera Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:51:08 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/the-curious-case-of-the-unattacked-blog-post-509.htm#comment-12996 Well, yes, Jeff, you should be grateful that no one is responding that you'd probably like to inject fetuses with medication or that you're a pharma shill. ;-) It's always good to count one's blessings. Your well-reasoned rationale for why no attacks followed might fit the bill. But there could be another explanation: That blog post required quite a bit of reading comprehension on any attacker's part. You didn't summarize it easily in a sensationalistic headline, allowing someone to easily skip the reading and blast you on the headline alone. It would also be tough to write an attack that would match the intellectual level of your post. Am I making sense? My husband and I just had some beer and great Indian food, and it's been a long day..... Gina Well, yes, Jeff, you should be grateful that no one is responding that you’d probably like to inject fetuses with medication or that you’re a pharma shill. ;-) It’s always good to count one’s blessings.

Your well-reasoned rationale for why no attacks followed might fit the bill. But there could be another explanation: That blog post required quite a bit of reading comprehension on any attacker’s part.

You didn’t summarize it easily in a sensationalistic headline, allowing someone to easily skip the reading and blast you on the headline alone. It would also be tough to write an attack that would match the intellectual level of your post.

Am I making sense? My husband and I just had some beer and great Indian food, and it’s been a long day…..

Gina

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