I suck...sort of | ADHD Information
you know what? have been looking at this ADHD thing for the last monthbecause of my conceptual art class and a piece about myself that I am
working on, and I have completely been screwed up in the head lately. the
more I read, and the more I'm aware of, the more uncomfortable I am. I
almost feel like I have entered this little world of ADHD that I hadnt seen
bofore. I am aware of so many more of my symptoms, and i am more self
concious because of them, and I think I'm going to stop comming to this
sight for a little while so that I can collect my thouhgts.
Peace out for about a week,
Tommy
Tommy. trust yourself and do what u need to do to take care of yourself. As u feel more comfortable with you and your ADD this place will be here as u need it.
take care
Haley in Ohio
I hate e-mail, and my cell phone for that matter. Last semester of collegemy 00 computer broke b/c the strap on my bag broke and the laptop
hit the ground hard. I thought it was the end of the world.
But the more I got use to not having a computer, and damn instant
messenger I realized that life was much better. I had no obligation to read
all of my e-mails, I had no obligation to respond, and the only issue was
with my professors who thought it was ok to send an e-mail the morning
of class w/ extra work or a change in class. but I would just say, hey my
computer is broken and they would understand. unfortunately I have to
live in this world and I guess being back is a necessity.
Tommy
This is the last place left to go. My website is completely infected with spyware, no one's answering the phone or e-mail messages. This week I e-mailed five people inviting them out for burgers and beer on Thursday. Not a single one of them has responded, even to say no.
I left an important message for my boss, he hasn't e-mailed me. I left messages for my corresponding newspapers because they haven't taken my stories, they aren't communicating either. I feel cut off from the world.
But I had a thought...maybe part of my problem is my attitude. Maybe that's why I have trouble at work, home and school. It's not all my ADHD it is my attitude that's been shaped by the past. Maybe that's it. After all it's Valentine's Day. No one's thinking of me right now, they've got to be with their partner and here I am complaining. ADHD will not define me!
Sorry everyone.
The Moodswigin' Cheekydeeky
In a way does not the very fact that we have ADHD define who we have become? I am not saying that the valiant thought of not being defined by ADHD is not correct, maybe for you, I don't know. ADHD affects our entire lives in almost every aspect, past and present, and I believe that the disorder might be progressive. Taking a mental inventory over the last decade of my life it would appear that my symptoms have worsened and, at times, (without medication), are nearly unmanageable. However, I have never discounted "mind over matter", the very fact that we can will ourselves to do the mind's bidding is a very powerful aspect of the human psyche.ADD does define who I am... How can it not...it is a brain thing...a hardware problem. Now, I can challenge the software via self education, therapy, personal support, strategies to deminsih symptoms etc. but until the human genome project becomes a functional piece of workable medicine, my brain's hardware is still the same...it is one reason why meds work (for the most part). We are our brains and the programs that are run on it. The one thing we ADDers do to ourselves is we attack our own mainframes instead of looking for a more functional DOS. Afterall the people who gave us our DOS were often those who were supposed to be those who loved and cared the most for us...
I was given the DOS of "I am not capable and therefore not worthy of your (collective) time, effort, or concern." Shame and blame were sub routines that accompanied every program I tried to master: paying attention; sitting still; completing tasks; getting along with others; being a "good girl..." Every life program I tried to run came out the same disfunctional, painful, way. How could it not.
Haley in Ohio
I'm ignorant of your particularily scenario, but some spyware might be interfering in the transmission of your email. You might want to download Adaware ( http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ ) and Spybot S&D ( http://security.kolla.de/ ). You might also want to use Firefox and Thunderbird instead of the unsecure Internet Explorer/Outlook Express in the future as well. ( http://www.mozilla.org )... hope that helps. I'm gonna guess email problems, too bc it sounds like everyone you havent heard from was contacted via email. Maybe they never even got the messages.