[Sirisly]

In social situations I’m either talking up a storm or struggling to not zone out. Large crowds are overwhelming. It’s too much work to “work the room” appropriately and I usually end up sitting of to the side deep in conversation with just one or two people. I’m also notorious for cutting close relationships short. As soon as I get close to anyone I inadvertantly pull away. I think it’s because it takes focus to do all those relationshipy things like talk on the phone and make the impression that you give a crap about random, boring stuff. I’m good in the beginning because it’s new and fresh and exciting. Eventually I zone out of the relationship just like I do conversations.

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[Sirisly]

I find that when I talk about having ADD people are so quick to say “I’m soooo ADD, too.” That bugs me because they just have no clue how awful ADD is and that it’s so much more than accidentally locking your keys in the car or doing something impulsive on occasion. If I tell someone it’s because I want them to understand something about me and look below the surface. When they dismiss me like that it feels like they don’t really care or believe me.

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[Sirisly]

Was pondering this very same thing today as I found myself picking at my face because I couldn’t get up the whatever to sort my laundry. I thing I view it as an avoidance strategy. I feel like my mind is always struggling to find its place or its path and picking my face gives me something to do when I can’t bring myself to get anything to do. One of the experts in the film had a name for it that escapes me now. I can’t wait to get on meds!

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