This is my brain on ADD

[innerbrat]

There was some mention on two of my friends' journals recently of how impossible it is to  describe having ADD. And it is impossible, believe me. It's impossible to comprehend how anyone's brain works, so the only way I know that my brain is different from other people's is that other people seem to find easy what I give myself panic attacks simply

Comments

[darthrami]

One of these days I'll get through this post. Maybe. I hope.

(speaking of panic attacks: can you explain why there being NOTHING on tv will give me one? because that's one I still don't get.)

[innerbrat]

I know, right? No way I could have read this myself. I sure as hell didn't proof read it.

Because that means you have to make a choice, or because you can't do what you planned to do and now have to do something else or - most importantly OMG TOO MANY CHANNELS TOO MUCH NOISE WHY CAN'T I PICK OUT A SIGNAL?

[gramarye1971]

A very, very good post, and I think you've definitely broken it down enough to help people understand how your brain operates on at least a basic 'oh, I think I get it!' sort of level. (It's now making me want to do the same thing for my own thought-processes, because the nearest I've ever come to explaining it to others is to equate it to the 'ticker bars' or 'crawlers' that you see on the bottom of a newschannel.) But yes, thank you for sharing!

[lienne]

Huh. Now I'm tempted, too. Except in my case it's not ADD, it's clinical depression and a double helping of quirkiness.

I wonder if there should be a "This is how my brain works" meme. XD

[alas_a_llama]

Yeah, I'm kinda tempted, too. Except it's not ADD or clinical depression for me, it's dyspraxia.

I probably won't, just because I'm very, very lazy. But still. Inspiration, like.

[lienne]

Ooh please please do! I would love to hear that. :D

[lienne]

Thank you for writing it. I read every word and I find your metaphors interesting.

[e_mily]

...Interesting.

*notes relevance to self*

Since, yeah. I almost always have music going on. Which is why I hate NOT having music if I'm doing something brainless.

[innerbrat]

Yes. Yes, I do, constantly. You've met me, I'm sure you may have noticed a tendency for me to sing along?

[innerbrat]

I don't think they're labels for one 'thing' I'm not even sure there is a 'thing'. I just think they're labels that attempt to describe how a particular brain works. I'd like to think that an Aspergers' brain is different from an ADD one, else they'd have the same label, but I don't have that much faith in psychiatrists.

[ginasketch]

I don't know. I've often wondered if I'm aspie, as I do exhibit a lot of the characteristics, but I am wary of labelling myself as such because there are so many people that do that, and often for selfish reasons.

I definitely have OCD, which has some similarities with Aspergers. If I get overemotional or excited I tend to feel sick. I like thinking about and concentrating on certain topics more than others, but in an obsessive way, not in a "oh I just prefer art to music way." It makes me feel calm and happy.

I'm sure all that drivel only made sense to me, btw.