I've got A.A.A.D.D. - Have You?

[davidlayne 5]

Recently, I was diagnosed with: A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start towards the garage, I notice mail on the verandah table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the rubbish bin under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my chequebook off the table, and see that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye -they need water.

I put the Coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the sitting room where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:
- the car isn't washed
- the bills aren't paid
- there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
- the flowers don't have enough water,
- there is still only 1 cheque in my chequebook,
- I can't find the remote,
- I can't find my glasses,
- and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail. Now where was I…… that's right I'm off to skydive.

I don't care how many skydives you've got,
until you stepped into complete darkness at
800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs
of parachute, son you are still a leg!

[NelKel 0]

Now where was I…… that's right I'm off to skydive. <<<


Remember. Pull!

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Someone dies, someone says how stupid, someone says it was avoidable, someone says how to avoid it, someone calls them an idiot, someone proposes rule chan

[Cornholio 0]

There's another name for that - Substance Abuse.

When I was actively getting loaded on methamphetamines - it was the same way. When you're high you think that you can get all this shit done, but in reality it manifests itself in the same way you describe...

Let's work on the car today.... oh notice the garge needs cleaning.... oh find old CD collection and want to organize it by genre, year, and popularity....oh look something shiny, now try to find a way to use the shiny thing to build the best super-duper something-or-other....oh look something else to fool with....etc...

After 3 days of this, nothing gets done, and I ran out of dope. The next day, I do all those things in about an hour.

Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast!
Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool!
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[Douva 0]

Welcome to my life. I tried learning to deal with it by reading the book Dealing With Attention Def.....I Wonder What's on TV, but I got distracted by a butterfly and couldn't ever remember where I left the book.

I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

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Recently, I was diagnosed with: A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start towards the garage, I notice mail on the verandah table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the rubbish bin under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my chequebook off the table, and see that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye -they need water.

I put the Coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the sitting room where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:
- the car isn't washed
- the bills aren't paid
- there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
- the flowers don't have enough water,
- there is still only 1 cheque in my chequebook,
- I can't find the remote,
- I can't find my glasses,
- and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail. Now where was I…… that's right I'm off to skydive.

this isn't anything like an ADD person. not even one bit.

but it is 100% describing someone who is stoned.

[GogglesnTeeth 6]

Hey look, something Shiney!!!!!

Goggles and Teeth

"You fall like a greased safe!!!"

[yamtx73 0]

Sounds like a serious case of CRS, time to sit down, light one up and try to remember what CRS stands for...

The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers...

[wildcard451 0]

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Now where was I…… that's right I'm off to skydive. <<<


Remember. Pull!

He doesn't need to pull.

remember, he has an AAADD. Surely that can take care of his main too.

[RhondaLea 4]

I couldn't even keep track of what you wrote.

If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb

[wildcard451 0]

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I couldn't even keep track of what you wrote.

Come on, go drop some meth and come back when you can keep up.

[RhondaLea 4]

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I couldn't even keep track of what you wrote.

Come on, go drop some meth and come back when you can keep up.

I think you need a nap.

And a spanking.

rl

If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb

[GogglesnTeeth 6]

Hey, wanna ride bikes????

Goggles and Teeth

"You fall like a greased safe!!!"