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I have absolutely no idea what this is, but it sounds like fun.

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I totally understand.  You just want to scream…”so you’ve lost a couple of travel mugs”, that’s not it, don’t you get it…I think I’ve lost my coffee mug several times a day”… frankly I should own stock in Bubba mugs…I buy enough of them…and it’s not just the loss of the mug…which I find very difficult to let go of…as I beat myself knowing that another one has bitten the dust, it’s the ramifications of the losses.

Unless you “get it”, how can you possible think of the many ways the loss of a cup can be embarrassing…when you go back in the conference room to pick up the mug you believe you have lost in that room, or others asking what you are looking for…and here “you mean you lost it again?” 

It is the silly things like this that undermine me, that cause non-ADDERS to believe I’m an airhead, when I’m not.  It can all be so frustrating.  However, back to the issue of telling a boyfriend…the only time I was able to get across to one that severity of just a few of my issues, was when he had previously been involved with someone who had ADD, and had lived through it with her, and so he understood…a little 🙂

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People are intimate????

People marry????

Well, I may be ADHD, and miss a few signs, well several, but when made obvious I have that “uh ha” moment…But as for real relationships, and marriages…totally clueless.

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When I was your age, I had no clue of what I wanted to do.  Be happy that you have so many interests.  Like someone else who responded, and I believe we are the same age, I have some of the same desires as you now.

I’m not sure, but I think I would be a good therapist, probably because I’ve been through so many Dr.’s, and therapists that I know the good, from the bad, from the ugly.

The thing is, and I can only speak for myself, I find that I am quite good at a lot of things, but master of only a couple.  After going through my emotional journey, changing the world for the better, at least I thought so, there are so many other things I would like to still accomplish.

To quote another Richard Geer movie, when asked how far he went in school, he replied “all the way.”  I have degrees that frankly mean nothing, it’s nice to say you have them, but the problem was I didn’t want to be pigeon-holed into one profession, so by taking summer classes, and getting  my graduate degrees, I thought, life would be easy…how wrong I was, I was clueless about anything other than knowing how to get a degree without cracking a book…NOW THAT WOULD BE A DEGREE I WOULD PROUDLY HANG ON THE WALL. Why?  Because it would be funny, and a conversation piece, but also remind me that I am no longer ashamed, or feel like a fraud…I learned how to pass using different avenues than the average student.

After grad. school, I still questioned every move that I made, I second-guessed myself, made rash off the cuff decisions that did not turn out too well…all in the quest for acceptance, understanding, and peace.  Turns out, I couldn’t attain any of those things…I was ADHD and didn’t know it until I was in my 30’s. 

At least you know, knowledge is power, be grateful for what you have, and take it one idea at a time.

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