Re: Successful ADDers annoy the h*ll out of me.

[billd]

John I can relate!

Multiple marriages, multiple jobs, troubles in most of the jobs I HAVE had, can’t get anything done, no ambition, etc. etc.

Even many ADD’ers just don’t get it.

Severe here – VERY.

Dr. Barkley nails it in his video where he’s stating that the behavioral modifications won’t necessarily work – as we’ll get to them when we get a chance…

Take Ty Pennington – he’s ADD. And successful – however, for his sort of success, you can’t have the issues I have with my brand of ADD – severe, combined sub-type, with social anxiety. Hmmm, can’t see me in front of a group of people talking, let alone on camera broadcast to MILLIONS. Uh, no.

And for the sports people – DUH, you have to enjoy and be good at sports. I’m not athletic, and other health issues have prevented it if I wanted to (blind in one eye, short of breath after short runs, joint issues)

It takes the RIGHT combination! Some are successful in spite of the ADD – some have the talents in areas, they get a lucky break, right place, right time, and it works, it falls into place.

No small number of people say _I_ am successful. I don’t think so personally. I know my potential, and I’m at only about 10% I could run a big corporation, I could be a top engineer at GM or Ford, I could be the top mechanic in all of Indy racing – Yes, I AM that good, that quick, and back in 1975, had the certificates, trophies, etc. to show how good I was – but it could never be applied. I could never get it out from my brain where I knew what I knew, to practical application where OTHERS could live with it, and deal with me.

I know what I know, can do what I do – but can’t convey it to others. It’s the interactions that fail.

I was the best in the state of Iowa for some time – but my “doesn’t play well with others” worked against me.

If I could just “buck up” and deal with it – don’t ya think I would have by now, wanting what I want, knowing what I know?

Each time I try, I get exhausted and put it off and do something I’d rather do…………

I got dozens of folks sending me work – alternators and starters to restore to original/show condition as they know I’m the best….. guess how long I’ve had a couple of them…………it’s piling up.

Damn ADHD.

Just living through a “normal day” exhausts me.

(I can so relate to the song “Routine Day” right now)

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