ADD workshop

Last Saturday I went to a one day workshop of ADD run by “Simply Well Being” http://www.simplywellbeing.com/

It was amazing to be with a group of ADD types! So it is not just me

-who can see in my head what I need to do, but keep going of in tangents when I try to do it,
-who despite trying hard be tidy, find disorder following me about,
-who gets overwhelmed by “things”
-who has quirky, creative ideas
-who chronically underachieves
-who finds completion painfully difficult
-who is beset by destructive procrastination

I was almost tearful at times. Half my life I have tried to overcome these difficulties. It was poignant for me to know that I am not alone with all this.

The workshop also helped me to acknowledge that I have developed some quite good coping strategies. After all I have been struggling with ADD symptoms for most of my life and I mostly manage to get by. In many ways I function well. Most people do not see how much effort it takes me to do ordinary things so I can manage to “appear” fine.

The other part of me that many people do not get to see is my largely unexpressed creative side, a side of me bubbling with ideas, visions, possibilities. This aspect of me I mostly push down, because I seem to need so much of my energy just to cope with the mundane things. And also I do not altogether trust my creativity….

I am not sure if I can explain that last bit properly right now… I’ll think on it and post again if it gets any clearer.