At the dawn of time, there were two distinct types of people. Each of them was required and one was not more important than the other. The first group went out and gathered berries, fruits, nuts, and grains. for the tribe. The second group went out and hunted for meat. Both groups were crucial to the survival of society.
Support For Non-ADD Spouses And Partners
Living with adult ADD can be quite a challenge. Not only is it a challenge for the actual person who has ADD but for those around him or her. Much needed understanding and support for adults with ADD has finally begun to surface. But what about the people who have chosen to love, honor and cherish adults with ADD? Where do they go for support and understanding? Who is going to help them cope with the challenges of adult ADD?
Over the past couple of years both online and lo…
How to deal with a spouse suffering from ADHD
It is believed that people with common interest gel well. But what about those who suffer from ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)? How do they deal with their spouse who is normal and vice versa?
Who Can You Trust When Your Child Shows Signs Of AD/HD?
If your child is exhibiting AD/HD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) symptoms, should you rush to the doctor for a final diagnosis? Well, it’s hard to say. It really depends on the severity of the symptoms and their duration. If something happened yesterday that never happened before, you’re worrying for nothing. If it’s something that you’ve seen in your child’s behavior over a period of six months or more, then put your fears to rest. Find out if your child has AD/H…
Tips For Living Successfully With ADD / ADHD
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The 5-Minute, Open-Palm, Exploding Add Mess Technique
In the mid- to late-60s, schoolchildren were taught that we’d have so much leisure time in the future that we’d have to come up with a plan on how to spend it wisely. I seems that the sixties futurists were wrong. Instead of slowing down, we’ve sped up.
So You Think You’re Stupid? Maybe You Are
I recently received an email from a parent who is desperately frustrated over the struggles her middle-school son is facing. He has been diagnosed with ADHD and bi-polar disorder. School and everyday life, she says, is a real struggle; he looses everything and forgets everything. Like every other student I have met with these same characteristics, he also happens to be brilliant.
How To Keep It Together When You Have ADD
When you have ADD, one thing you’re probably not great at is keeping your living space together. You might have piles of stuff everywhere, including laundry, which is all over the floor of the bedroom. We know what we need to do, but just can bring ourselves to do stuff that’s boring. Looking around at the mess can get a little depressing.
How Can An Add-friendly System Change Your Life?
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) wasn’t recognized until about twenty years ago. Before that time, children who didn’t sit still in their desk chairs, who seemingly daydreamed all the time, and couldn’t meet homework assignments were considered “bad” kids, whose parents had failed to give them sufficient discipline. The only option was to spank or punish them on a daily basis. We still don’t know what repercussions that type of parenting had on kids who just couldn’t do any b…
Adult ADD: Are You A “Fire” Fighter?
In business, we refer to the word “fires,” a lot of times. These are fires that happen, not literal fires, but things that need to be taken care of. A fire could anything that someone else thinks is really important and they come to you, and try to throw it on you as your problem because when you have ADD, you’re probably good at putting fires out.
Adult Add: Get Chunking!
Prioritization is one of the things thats totally abhorred by people with ADD. Logical, linear-thinking people have no problem when they sit down to write out the steps to a project—the first thing you do is step one, then two, then three. And linear thinking people have no problem with that. ADD people, on the other hand, have a horrible time thinking one, two, three. Because we say A, D, 27, 17, 0. And it all makes sense to us.
Adult ADD: Motivational Focus — Keystone In A Happy Life
Were in an informational age. Information is more available now than there’s ever been in the world. More will be available tomorrow. Unless the entire Internet crashes, I predict thats going to continue for a long time.