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I know exactly what you mean. I sometimes wonder if I have ODD but I don’t think I do. I do ‘see red’ if my line manager orders me around. I had a really nasty line manager who had serious issues and I don’t know if it’s a throw back from that.
That clucking sound you mention – my psycho-boss used to give a sharp intake of breath sound before I ‘copped it’ from her. Unfortunately I did tell her to F-off once but fortunately her boss told her the same thing so she did. It was all quite nasty.
My current line manager is very careful with me. He knows I’m touchy and puts it down to my experience with the b*t*h from hell boss but I sometimes wonder if it’s more than that.
I was never defiant with my Mother – or with reasonable line managers who treat me on an equal footing. But the ones that are completely power crazed and/or rude make me very defiant indeed.
Maybe I just like being treated with respect and if I am I reciprocate. If not, then the ODD tendencies appear. But I don’t think it’s ODD so much as hating not being in control.
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