Introductions
Hello, I am brand new here, and I thought that I would start an introductory thread. I hope that others will use it for this purpose too.
I am 44 yo, and have always known that I was different from most people. Well, now it is official! I AM different! It is a relief to know that my differences are not caused by character flaws or laziness. Some of the things I struggle with are memory and organization; relating to others (how weird do I appear today?); taking on more than I can handle; drifting off into my own world and thoughts... etc. and so on...
I guess this is all fairly standard stuff. The reason I am here is to meet other people like me. I am tired of feeling different all the time and want to be around similar people; people who are interesting, speedy, dreamy, and in the middle of about 367 projects at the same time.
Greetings. Hoping to meet you.
Welcome, Rainraven.I and my brothers and sisters were considered different
as kids and we were teased. I like being different, though.
I enjoyed school, graduated from university and have a job
as a scientist, which fits my personality pretty well, though I'm
also interested in other branches of
science and more people-oriented activities such as teaching. No one job will let me use all my talents!
When my second child started kindergarten and I just
couldn't handle finding two sets of socks, mittens, lunches etc. every day in time for the school bus, I
looked into the possibility that I have ADD.
I ran into Teresa Gallagher on the Internet and we
started up a group calling ourselves Explorers: people who might be labelled as ADD, but on the other
hand we like ourselves as we are.
We have a webstar about being Explorers:
http://borntoexplore.org/addstar.htm
I now call myself SPIRE personality type. It stands for
Spontaneity, Passionate Interests and Responsiveness to one's Environment.
I tend to have piles of papers. I tend to start projects with great energy and enthusiasm and
not necessarily finish them.
A few months ago at work I counted and had 15 partly-finished projects at work.
I then tried really hard to work on finishing them, one at a time,
and not to start any new ones. Well, maybe I sort-of finished one or two but I've also started some other ones since then....
My web page about creative thinkers is part of the
Explorer Webstar:
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~an588/exp_home.html
I also suffer from migraine headaches, mild depression,
anxiety, asthma and chronic back injury.
Omega-3 essential fatty acids help the asthma, migraines and mental health.
I started Pilates a year ago, which is great for the back injuries.
I also use neurofeedback and take phosphatidylserine to aid in concentration and memory.
I like thinking up lists of suggestions as solutions to other peoples' problems.
I don't tend to talk about myself or my children much, perhaps for
privacy reasons, or maybe that's just my personality type. Or low self-esteem. Who knows.
But it helps me to give advice to others -- sometimes I end up
taking my own advice.
I'm an NP type on the Myers-Briggs personality sorter.
That's iNtuitive, Perceiving. I'm half-and-half for
Introvert versus Extravert and for Thinking versus Feeling. (see http://borntoexplore.org/addtemp.htm)
I live with my husband, 15-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter.
Hi RainRaven, I was DX'ed at 46. I always felt different. To bad this "thing" wasn't reconized when we were children. Than we were just different, but diden't know why, I kinda thought it was because I'm a mix of half Puerto Rican/white Irish mix. Everyone else was either Black or White, and I was raised by my Moms non-Hispanic family. I was soooo different. Just didn't know than what it was, and thought I'd out grow it. Now I know I won't
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You asked if you appeared "weired". You appear as NORMAL as the rest of us!
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Welcome RAINRAVEN! You are among friends!
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