Reply To: "You know how I know you have ADD?" – My Story

[blackdog]

And one last thing:

So what if you leave the dresser drawer open? Is it really that important? This is a question that you seriously need to ask yourself, because worrying over a little thing like that is taking up precious mental energy that those of us with ADHD can not afford to lose. In order to be able to make all those big, important decisions about parenting and finances and other grown up stuff, sometimes you have to let the little things slide. Stressing over every tiny little thing you do will only exhaust you and make your ADD symptoms that much worse.

Don’t be so hard on yourself. And don’t let anyone else be that hard on you either.

FYI, I had to write down your user name before I started typing so that I would still remember it after I scrolled to the bottom of the page. And then, after posting, I checked it again because I couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t lighting up and turning blue like it’s supposed to, to let you know someone “mentioned” you. It wasn’t until about the third or forth edit that I looked at it, smacked my forehead and said “DUH! I forgot the “@” in front of it”.

I also completely and totally forgot about all the things I was planning to do and needed to do this morning after reading your post and spent the whole time sitting here typing and editing these comments. Now my husband is in the kitchen washing  the dishes that I was planning to do 4 hours ago (I wasted a couple of hours on other stuff before I  got here) and I haven’t even showered and washed my clothes and got ready to go out this afternoon, which I have to do in less than two hours.

So believe me when I say this: you are not alone. Hang in there, and don’t forget to smile today. 🙂

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