I have been diagnosed with ADD for several years now. I don’t like sharing because I think people won’t believe me and make fun of me for “making it up,” and I am ashamed that I have it.
It truly is A Debilitating Disorder. I can never stay focused for more than 5 minutes without needing a reminder. My mind wanders constantly thinking about any and every topic under the sun. I space out constantly because I am thinking so hard. I get made fun of for looking like a stoner when it’s really because of my ADD. My grades always seem to fail regardless of how hard I try. The classes that I do the worst on are the classes that I can’t turn work in late. My grade suffers because teachers put a limit to punish the people that procrastinate, but I do not procrastinate by choice. I do all that I can to get things done. It never is enough; the classes that I am best at are the classes with little to no homework because the setting of school constantly reminds me of what I have to do. I have tried writing in my planner, but it didn’t make a difference because even if I put it right in front of me I might not notice it.
I still believe that I have a choice to have ADD or not. I can take drugs or I can simply surround myself with reminders, but that hasn’t been proven yet. Those actions merely lessen the effects of my ADD. I fail to see why I am held to the same standard as every one else; if it’s because I am smart enough to keep up with average students at my age then I am going to fight that every chance I get. It is unfair because even compared to the average person I cannot stick with things as long as they do; I can keep coming back to it though. I will never stay with it consecutively though.
You do not have ADD. You're exaggerating and disguising your lack of attention span, caused by more prompting or entertaining impulses. It's called a distraction, and we all have them.
ReplyDeleteI have dealt and still deal with distractions. We all do, obviously. I find the best way to deal with it is to simply dedicate a large amount of time to a single, daunting task, like reading up on U.S. History or practicing a difficult piece of music for an unreasonable amount of time. It takes willpower, and excuses will weaken you.
Also mentioned in your post - procrastination. No excuses for that, either. It just depends on how much time you'd like to take to relax. It's your CHOICE. School work is a great way to build up your attention span, and I believe that's what you need most right now.
You would tell a horribly addicted person the same thing, regardless of what he is addicted to. You speak the same thing that every other ignorant person says. There aren't always choices. I used to believe the same thing that you do. That changed when I went to my psychiatrist for depression after I ran away.
ReplyDeleteI started talking to him, and the doctor himself diagnosed me with ADD. If you want to refute orthodox psychology/psychiatry then you better give more facts than that bunch of crap. The medicine he has prescribed to me has been more beneficial than any one thing over the past few years. Any one close to me can visibly and easily tell the difference when I am on or off of them. I would approach each day the same way, so the problem is not my choice.