As a kid, like many kids that struggle with many other
conditions, you probably struggled with ADD or ADHD and had no idea on how to
handle it. If you’re lucky enough, you got diagnosed at young age and got the
help that you needed. The catch is that there are MANY areas in your life in
which the ADD shows and make things a bit harder for you still to this day. For
me, some things are really, REALLY hard… and like I noticed how hard they are
for me in adulthood. Like I’m learning how to deal. Like now.
.
1. How to memorize places, names, dates, etc. People will get mad at you for having to repeat the same thing a couple of times. After a while you'll stop being ashamed of asking a 1,000,000 times and stop feeling guilty about not knowing things that other people know.
2. How to study, because you have like a thousand things that work for you every different day.
3.
Listening to someone and have no idea what they
are saying. He started to talk. Okay, you got this. Something crossed your mind…
He has a piece of salad on his front tooth… Wow, those eyes are really pretty… My belly
feels so full……what’s happening… he is still taking about the same thing?...Smile and nod.
4.
But when you’re having fun and are fully concentrated,
you look so lost.
5.
You are very sensitive to colors, light, skin,
sounds, tastes, smells, etc. If it bothers you, it bothers you a LOT. Your
reactions are exaggerated; your moods change like a bolt of lightning and some
people might confuse your condition with bipolarity.
6.
You get flashbacks WAY too often. Many childhood
memories… you even figure out stuff about the time you are thinking about.
7.
Going from memory to future conversations that
you probably will never have seems like a typical day for you.
8.
In the process of over thinking, you might need
a conclusion to your recent developed nighttime ideals to end this exhausting
conversation in your head.
9.
You get mentally exhausted during the day, at
work, at school and at partying. They might call you the Cinderella for leaving
early so you can get some rest for the next day. Need those 8 hours of beauty
sleep to function the next day.
10.
Need more time to study than most people.
11.
Broke you ankles again? Oh you!
12.
You need to tell someone everything that goes on
in your head or you’ll explode.
13.
You need immediate pleasures, so it’s hard for
you to follow routine and make your goals come true.
14.
That person probably didn't mean that. Don't duel. Control your urge to kill.
15.
It might take some time and inspiration to write
that paper; but when you did, you NAILED it.
16.
You put yourself in danger too much. Try to find
those keys quicker, don't forget your lunch money or your pepper spray… or at least try to not spray it to your own face. Be safer!
17.
Setting reminders of any kind is a priority to
you. You use Google calendar, a timer every three hours
(to remind you to eat, to complete the last task and begin the next one, etc). The agenda equals your life. The alarms are basically to remind you that you are HERE
in the physical world. Sounds crae but totally necessary ^.^
18.
Being quiet sometimes so people don't notice how weird
you are. Yup, awkward. Thinking strategically how to get out of awkward
situations before they start.
19.
Not caring what anyone thinks at other times and being the life
of the party and yes you are weird and yes you are awesome!
20. Finding a partner who is different than you but you complement each other; she/he listens to all your crazy adventures of the day. That person advises you through confusing times and laughs at your humor. That person thinks you are the light of their day and wouldn’t change you for anything in the world, because of how incredible and special you are.
Cause hey, we’re all damaged in our own way, and it’s
not our fault that we are faulty. It only serves to develop strategies to keep our
shit as together as possible.
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