ADHD & Conflict
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A very dear ADDer (she has ADHD) friend burst into tears the other day while we were chatting. ""Why do I fight with everybody? When I look back on my life, it has been filled with conflict"", she wept.
Many ADDers can identify with her anguish. We destroy personal and work relationships with our volatile personalities. It is as though we deliberately go into a self destruct mode but don't know how to stop.
ADHD Impulsivity
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How often have you received a e-mail and immediately typed a stinging reply and pushed the Send button?
Then .... a little later you re-read the e-mail and find you have totally mis-read the context and made a complete idiot of yourself. Once it has gone there is no taking it back. Oh the humiliation.
Time Timers
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One of the greatest problems for those with ADHD is learning to manage our time. Estimating how long something will take seems to be impossible for many of us.
Time Tyranny
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Time can literally make a person sweat!
Over many years of coaching people with ADHD I have seen the effects that the fear of having to tackle time issues inflicts on them.
Adapting The ADHD Environment
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ADDers are dominated by their environments.
The environment for an untreated ADDer is a harsh, threatening and cruel place to be. ADDers are always in trouble. Their inconsistency exasperates non-ADDers.
