Fantasy World | ADHD Information

Here is something that I have only talked about to my wife and therapist. That alien record keeping made me think of this and I wanted to see what you guys had to say.

When I was growing up and even into my 20's, but mostly from like 6 through like 19, I always thought that I was different in many ways from everyone around me. When I was brave enough to ask questions about things I thought of: Were do we come from, what else is out there, what if we could travel in time etc must people I asked said I was a weirdo or living in a fantasy world, which was kind of true.

Did anyone else here do things like this?
I used to think that I had some higher purpose and was mentally being prepared for whatever it was.
Sometimes, I was so frustrated with my inability to accomplish things I would imagine that I was changed somehow, like that some other person would take me over, it never worked though. When I was real young I lied to people a lot, pretending I could talk to animals, or had a ghost friend sh*t like that.
In high school, I was actually well liked and somewhat popular, but I was a huge fake, every month I was someone new, a stoner, then into sports, then D & D, then country music cowboy hat and all, then hard rocker, I was like a hundred different people. It took a long time to find myself and I think I'm still working on it. Finding out about the ADHD has been a huge step in the discovery of who I am.

Anyway, I hope you were able to read this long ass posting. Let me know if any of you lived in fantasy worlds, during your life, before your knowledge of having ADHD or even after. I think that this is why I love to write stories, tell stories and play with the kids all the time.

Thank you for reading this,
Jake

 

I don't know if i'd call it a fantasy world but i've always liked to day dream about a lot of different things.  When i was younger, i was also always interested in space shows.  As an adult, i'm still interested in ideas like time travel.

There's a not so famous movie filmed in Portland called "What the Bleep Do We Really know Anyway" that's a movie all about metaphysics understandable for a person without a science degree - I saw it three times. 

i also love those discussions like - if you could be an animal - which would you be and why?  etc. 

it's just fun to think like that.

i didn't personally pretend to have imaginary friends when i was little but i've heard that many kids do.