I was up making myself some lunch, and I decided to run across something I had been thinking about with my father. He was sitting on the couch watching Mark play the XBOX, so I figured he had time
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I do know that student loans will be forgiven, oftentimes in their entirety, if someone has a severe and persistent mental illness. You might have to be on SSDI, though. I'm not sure. So you'd THINK there'd be some kind of provision.
Yes, I know this wasn't the REAL point of your post...
Now, I don't know your dad, and I wasn't there for the conversation, but if your dad's ADD is anything like my dad's, it may not be as bad as you think. My dad often completely misses things I say to him.
With my ADHD, I often miss what people are saying to me, but at least I always know when someone is talking to me. Even at that, I offend people; I'll zone out and have to ask them to repeat what it was they said. My family, at least, understands that it has nothing to do with how important I think they are or how important what they're saying is, it just...happens, and I can't control it. An epileptic friend of mine has minor seizures that cause him to lose track of his reality, of everthing, for a few seconds. It's a lot like this. Stress or tiredness makes one more susceptible.
My dad, on the other hand, is male. Men's brains have fewer redundant connections, so they have a lot more trouble with ADD. Sometimes, I will speak to my dad at length, only to discover that he doesn't even know I've been talking at all. If my dad was doing something, like searching for a missing object (searching for missing objects can become an OBSESSION for those with ADHD!), I could easily see him becoming so tunnel-visioned on that task that he couldn't see or hear anything anywhere around him. And it wouldn't matter *what* I was saying to him, he would not hear it.
Of course, maybe that's not the case with your dad. Maybe he *is* just being unsensitive and uncaring. I don't know. If that's the case, *HUGS*
I've actually thought about going on SSDI to help pay for college, but then in the line of work I'm going into, that could ruin my chances of getting a job, especially if they found out WHY I was on SSDI.
They'd be understanding if I had a broken back and got better after physical therapy, but people tend to be less understanding when there's madness involved.
Though come to think of it, you'd think a little bit of insanity would be a useful thing for a forensic psychologist to have on their side. Better knowing and understanding your subjects and all that jazz.
Yes, I know this wasn't the REAL point of your post...
Now, I don't know your dad, and I wasn't there for the conversation, but if your dad's ADD is anything like my dad's, it may not be as bad as you think. My dad often completely misses things I say to him.
With my ADHD, I often miss what people are saying to me, but at least I always know when someone is talking to me. Even at that, I offend people; I'll zone out and have to ask them to repeat what it was they said. My family, at least, understands that it has nothing to do with how important I think they are or how important what they're saying is, it just...happens, and I can't control it. An epileptic friend of mine has minor seizures that cause him to lose track of his reality, of everthing, for a few seconds. It's a lot like this. Stress or tiredness makes one more susceptible.
My dad, on the other hand, is male. Men's brains have fewer redundant connections, so they have a lot more trouble with ADD. Sometimes, I will speak to my dad at length, only to discover that he doesn't even know I've been talking at all. If my dad was doing something, like searching for a missing object (searching for missing objects can become an OBSESSION for those with ADHD!), I could easily see him becoming so tunnel-visioned on that task that he couldn't see or hear anything anywhere around him. And it wouldn't matter *what* I was saying to him, he would not hear it.
Of course, maybe that's not the case with your dad. Maybe he *is* just being unsensitive and uncaring. I don't know. If that's the case, *HUGS*
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They'd be understanding if I had a broken back and got better after physical therapy, but people tend to be less understanding when there's madness involved.
Though come to think of it, you'd think a little bit of insanity would be a useful thing for a forensic psychologist to have on their side. Better knowing and understanding your subjects and all that jazz.
Something akin to artistic imagination...
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