The Laundry Attraction

I’m finding out more and more that ADD people like doing laundry. Why?. Well there are different components of doing the laundry and you can feel good doing and completing each one. Also, laundry or vacuuming usually comes to mind when there is something tedious to do that will take more effort, and the chores are a great distraction from accomplishing what you need to do.

All or Nothing Focus

I haven’t gotten mail from my P.O.Box for 2 weeks. Why not?
Well I inadvertently lost the key in a slot with the Emergency brake in the car, and the whole car would have to be taken apart to get it. Then I stalled because I didn’t know what to say to the P.O. So I made up a ridiculous story which was totally unnecessary.. I was out of the country and lost my key there. Really!. Not to mention that I was too impatient to stand on line there so delayed and delayed.
I finally got a set of keys , put them carefully in my wallet and then for some reason they fell out, and I hade to retrace my steps to retrieve them. How do I manage my work? Well, because treating clients is arousing so I hyperfocus on them.

How Do You Stop The URGE to interrupt?

How do you stop the “urge” to interrupt an ongoing situation. I just shared a house on Cape Cod with three other people. They were all absorbed in reading for an hour or so. I became restless and inadvertently kept interrupting the three with questions and comments. They gave me feedback on my lack of restraint and unwillingness to occupy myself. So the next reading time, I had to work hard to restraining the “urge” to interrupt and find something else to do. Without their feedback I was totally aware of how my ADD disinhibited behavior was so annoying.

Takes One to Know One!

I am a practicing clinical psychologist who works with AD(H)D children, adolescents, and adults helping them develop strategies for optimum functioning with their brain style. I have lived my whole life with AD(H)D, and despite all the challenges, I am still married to the same person, and have raised two sons , one of whom is classically ADHD. Completing my doctoral dissertation was arduous, to say the least. But I did it!

For many years, as an evaluator and therapist, I had to be on time, be very attentive( especially to details) and not be easily distracted. It turns out, that since I love what I’m doing at work, like many other ADHDers, I can focus on others very easily. But I did need someone to organize me and keep me on task.

Along the way I became a specialist in ADHD and helped many individuals, couples and parents to accept their brain style and accomplish their goals in accordance with the way their brains work.. I have even developed a coaching practice for adults with ADD, with or without the H, and thoroughly enjoy doing this.

Living with an AD(H)D Brainstyle

I have lived my whole life with an AD(H)D brain, and it hasn’t been easy, but I’ve learned quite a lot personally and professionally about this brain style. To tell you what it’s like now, it was extremely hard to start writing this blog without any deadline or pressure… even though I wanted to do so. I’m hoping to share with you my daily challenges as well as my experiences as a clinical psychologist treating and coaching AD(H)D individuals, couples and families who have difficulty dealing with AD(H)D offspring.

I would like this blog to be interactional so that I can learn from your experience as an ADDer: what strategies you use, and whether or not you take medication for this brain style. Also, if you have questions I can answer from my experiences, I would enjoy helping you. Likewise, I can really benefit from any reactions you have to my blogs. Remember, ADD. or ADHD. has great positives as well as great negatives!

Living with an AD(H)D Brainstyle

I have lived my whole life with an AD(H)D brain, and it hasn’t been easy, but I’ve learned quite a lot personally and professionally about this brain style. To tell you what it’s like now, it was extremely hard to start writing this blog without any deadline or pressure… even though I wanted to do so. I’m hoping to share with you my daily challenges as well as my experiences as a clinical psychologist treating and coaching AD(H)D individuals, couples and families who have difficulty dealing with AD(H)D offspring.

I would like this blog to be interactional so that I can learn from your experience as an ADDer: what strategies you use, and whether or not you take medication for this brain style. Also, if you have questions I can answer from my experiences, I would enjoy helping you. Likewise, I can really benefit from any reactions you have to my blogs. Remember, ADD. or ADHD. has great positives as well as great negatives!