The Secret Life of ADHD
Do you keep secrets? I don’t mean the kind other people tell you; I mean the ones you try to keep people from finding out about you. I think everyone has a secret or two, but I think that people with Attention Deficit Disorder have more than most. That’s because we spend our lives trying […]
The ADHD Homemaker
Last night, my oldest daughter and I had a discussion about housework and organization. I don’t remember what brought it up, but we were talking about a specific time in our family’s life when everything just seemed to work. My family remembers the house that we lived in at the time as their favorite home. […]
The Art of ADD
Are you creative? I bet you are. It seems that most people with Attention Deficit Disorder are more right brained (creative) than left brained (logical). When you mention creativity, most people think of artists; of paint and canvas and ability. You don’t have to be Monet to be creative; you don’t even have to use […]
Where Does Your ADD Live?
OK, kind of a weird question, and I guess not really accurate in terms of what I mean. What I’m getting at is kind of hard to describe. Let me do it this way: my ADD lives in my head and mostly in the future. That means that I spend too much time “in my […]
The Dump List
Do you ever find yourself lying awake at night, when you should be sleeping, thinking about the things that you have to do? Or maybe when you go to bed is when your mind finally kicks in with a great new idea about the project at work, or how to get your kids to like […]
ADD and All
This week, Tuesday’s Ten Minute Tip comes in written form. I just don’t have the energy to wrestle with the audio monster tonight. I believe that people with Attention Deficit Disorder spend far too much time taking stock of themselves, measuring themselves against other people, and coming up short. I know I do. We’re used […]