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More about ADD. Since I've been mentally nattering at myself non-stop about this topic for the past few days, I have this feeling everyone must want to shoot me, but in reality, I haven't said much here except for the last couple of posts on the topic, and those were days ago.
Anyway. Since I stumbled across that "paralysis of the will" page, I have not been able to get the idea out of my head. For a couple of days, I felt like a dog with a bone, but I figured I knew how to solve that: I would actually do research on it. With books, with detail, instead of the rather vague and scanty information on websites.
I don't usually bother with books these days, because I know I probably won't read them straight through, and I might forget to read them at all. But in this case, I figured it was important I read something, just to get the stupid idea out of my head. I figured once I knew more about ADD in detail, I would easily be able to see why it doesn't apply to me. So I went and got Driven to Distraction, and a more generically titled book out of the library. (I also poked through YOU MEAN I'M NOT LAZY, STUPID OR CRAZY?! when I went to school today.)
Rather than finding I didn't fit any of the criteria once I got into the nitty-gritty, I instead discovered more and more of the mysteries - big and small - in my life held up to the light of a possible explanation: mild ADD, Inattentive (Non-Hyperactive) Type.
So today when I got home, I spent a long time making this list. Most of it is off the top of my head, but I checked Driven to Distraction a few times for reminders. I'm sure I'm still forgetting things, but this is most of what I can think of. (And I hate the phrase "paralysis of the will," so I've simply started calling it "procrastination on steroids.") It's all in this annoying and frequently awkward passive voice, and god knows the subject/verb agreement is probably off in many...but I found it easier (emotionally) to write it that way.
( The List - ADD signs & symptoms )
Is this normal??
Anyone? If anyone thinks this is perfectly normal, please tell me. ( I'm so confused )
Anyway. Since I stumbled across that "paralysis of the will" page, I have not been able to get the idea out of my head. For a couple of days, I felt like a dog with a bone, but I figured I knew how to solve that: I would actually do research on it. With books, with detail, instead of the rather vague and scanty information on websites.
I don't usually bother with books these days, because I know I probably won't read them straight through, and I might forget to read them at all. But in this case, I figured it was important I read something, just to get the stupid idea out of my head. I figured once I knew more about ADD in detail, I would easily be able to see why it doesn't apply to me. So I went and got Driven to Distraction, and a more generically titled book out of the library. (I also poked through YOU MEAN I'M NOT LAZY, STUPID OR CRAZY?! when I went to school today.)
Rather than finding I didn't fit any of the criteria once I got into the nitty-gritty, I instead discovered more and more of the mysteries - big and small - in my life held up to the light of a possible explanation: mild ADD, Inattentive (Non-Hyperactive) Type.
So today when I got home, I spent a long time making this list. Most of it is off the top of my head, but I checked Driven to Distraction a few times for reminders. I'm sure I'm still forgetting things, but this is most of what I can think of. (And I hate the phrase "paralysis of the will," so I've simply started calling it "procrastination on steroids.") It's all in this annoying and frequently awkward passive voice, and god knows the subject/verb agreement is probably off in many...but I found it easier (emotionally) to write it that way.
( The List - ADD signs & symptoms )
Is this normal??
Anyone? If anyone thinks this is perfectly normal, please tell me. ( I'm so confused )