tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114031911651699337.post918611987286662924..comments2023-11-05T04:43:00.701-05:00Comments on Swithin Central: A follow up, dear reader.Alan Beecheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548550791501469533noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114031911651699337.post-66667777800560944942010-08-10T13:04:31.554-04:002010-08-10T13:04:31.554-04:00All of us writer types have *issues*.... otherwise...All of us writer types have *issues*.... otherwise we'd be doing something sane, like road construction, or brain surgery.Kathleen Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096607261757810034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114031911651699337.post-19078175405726755102010-08-06T11:13:52.627-04:002010-08-06T11:13:52.627-04:00Only to add that the preceding should probably hav...Only to add that the preceding should probably have been a private email to Kathi.Alan Beecheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548550791501469533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114031911651699337.post-48016167524751608692010-08-06T11:11:58.631-04:002010-08-06T11:11:58.631-04:00Did I tell you I've recently been diagnosed wi...Did I tell you I've recently been diagnosed with Adult Attention Deficit Disorder? <br /><br />I don't mean self-diagnosed in that trendy way that tarts up every self-indulgent personality flaw as a lovable psychiatric condition. I mean professionally declared to have the brain chemistry issue.<br /><br />And the reason why it's taken so long to spot is simply that I'd evolved a whole lot of compensatory coping mechanisms. Including, of course, making lists. Or alternatively, training my memory or using visual cues in the supermarket so I don't even need the list.<br /><br />So ADD has only very rarely surfaced as a problem -- typically when I've had to do something that holds no interest for me whatsoever. And that was only my entire university career and every job I've ever held.<br /><br />By the way, it's a complete fallacy that adults with ADD can't concentrate on anything. In fact, the reverse is true -- part of the condition includes a symptom called hyperfocus, a complete absorption in tasks that are interesting and stimulating, to the point of losing all sense of time. That's how I write books. And music. And blogs. And research family trees, etc. (And it was another reason why I didn't think I had the condition.)<br /><br />Now, what I need is a job that stimulates the hyperfocus AND pays money.Alan Beecheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548550791501469533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114031911651699337.post-60617386992526167472010-08-06T10:00:08.070-04:002010-08-06T10:00:08.070-04:00Lists are my friends, though sometimes I take them...Lists are my friends, though sometimes I take them and still forget to buy things.Kathleen Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096607261757810034noreply@blogger.com