Adult ADHD
After decades of struggling with ADHD, adults have learned strategies to cope, or have developed secondary disorders like Depression or Anxiety. Either way, Adult ADHD looks different.
If Bill Had a Hammer…
February 17, 2010
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People with ADHD often have a strong intuition, they can see the big picture, they can be multidisciplinary and quickly see how complex systems work or recognize patterns in unique ways… But not always.
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I would go look for the proper tool , wander around opening drawers and closets ending up in the bedroom and wonder why, ….notice the bed needs to be made but decide the sheets should be washed,so rip them off the bed….. oh…right I am out of soap…oh look at the sink, cant remember when I really cleaned the bathroom, go to the kitchen and wonder what to make for dinner……I am tired of cooking, ….out of milk and bread should really pick up a few tings today………… oh ya……. the project!!
…………..living is a project, and it feels like there are too many pieces in the box.
I am still looking for the tools
I am up to late….got to rip myself off of this machine and go to bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to assemble a computer with all the accessories and stuff, and what I did, as I could feel the frustration rising, right, and I hadn’t even started, I was already getting hyper, was to stop and say okay, it’s gonna take one hour to do this, and I can calm down and read the instructions for like, ten minutes, skimming over them, then lay out the cables and stuff for five minutes and then start… And I was so calm. I also got it done in like a third the time I figured it would take. When I set aside that hour, (it was an evening and I was alone, so where was the pressure anyway, it wasn’t like customers were all standing around waiting) I was way better. I do that more now, just saying, sometimes even out loud, Okay, I’m gonna spend an hour on this. Or a half hour. Works for me.
I’m fortunate that my father showed me a few tricks to assembling furniture (eg first lay all the pieces out on the floor, roughly where they’re supposed to go), but I still can’t do it without help.
The reason I avoid reading instructions is that I can’t keep track ofthem – even with Ikea furniture. My brain tends to flit all over the page. Makes it difficult. Might be the same reason I struggle with comics and graphic novels.
I once assembled an entire Ikrappa wardrobe, before I realized that it was the wrong size. What’s worse is that I’d done what my dad had taught me—I’d used carpenter’s glue as well as the plugs & screws that the wardrobe had come with, to make the thing permanent. So there was no way I could disassemble it.
Problem 2 was that the item had been delivered, so this would mean another delivery call. I phoned Ikrappa and explained the glue issue, and they said that the item could be used for scrap, but I’d still have to dismantle it so it would fit into the truck.
So I had to build, destroy, and build another wardrobe, to get the one I now have. I was following the instructions, but my spatial awareness was seriously off.
Yesterday, I bought one of Ikrappa’s tiniest task chairs. Its name is Rudolf. I put it together just fine, on the first try. But then, it’s not as big & complicated as a wardrobe.
Ooh, ADD and “Imposter Syndrome”! This just gets better and better.
I love how the majority of these videos relate to my life haha
hey – you beat my record of 3 on the barbecue thing.
I’m not kidding.
You could always blame IKEA!
hey – you beat my record of 3 on the barbecue thing.
I’m not kidding.
You’re welcome! I once put a barbecue together the wrong way five times before I finally forced myself to actually stop, read the instructions from top to bottom, and do it.
This is the story of my life!!! Thanks for shaing this, its really funny and good to know im not alone!