MjM
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ADD is such over hyped, no ill towards you, but I have 2 siblings who supposedly have it, and some freinds, and they are perfectly fine, no meds.
Living with Attention Deficit Disorder
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So many experts in psychology here, it is incredible.
MjM
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Eran of Arcadia said:
Indeed, the amount people that think ADD is a life-crippling disease is weird.
No, the number of people who think that all those psychologists who diagnose it, and all those people who have it, are making it up, that is weird.
MjM
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Eran of Arcadia said:
It's not made up, but someone can see when he has lived with siblings, or has freinds (or both) with it, its not nearly as bad as made out to be.
Eran of Arcadia said:
well like I said, I can identify with everything in the text to a full extent. But it's simply not a disorder unless you allow it to be called such. If there is too much going in your head, that you forget to do some everday chore you wanted to do 1 min ago, then so be it - there are many worse fates.
The OP actually hit it right on, its simply a matter that some people are bored to hell out of some things and very interseted in others, while other people have a more balanced spread. Obviously there is also the factor of mental willpower which comes into focusing, but interest is at least as important.
As someone who has it, I think I speak with a little experience when I say that it is not just about willpower.
I'm responding to everyone, in a sense. Also, I really can't control what interests me.
Eran of Arcadia said:
I don't think you understand.
Every description of ADD I've ever heard sounds perfectly normal, the same problems I deal with, the same problems my friends deal with.
I don't have ADD, nor would I ever accept having a "disorder" yet I see people describing "symptoms" like mine claiming to have a disorder.
If you give in and accept that there is something wrong with you, it makes it easier for you give in and let the symptoms take over. Instead of saying,
"****, this paper is due tommorow, I need to focus and get it done"
you say,
"****, this paper is due tommmorow, how will I ever focus with ADD???!?!"
Its like giving up before the fight even starts. You set yourself up for disaster and trick yourself into thinking you're different. This type of thing happens with other "disorders," too, I think. Like social anxiety and depression. I realize they are real issues, but giving in mentally like this, you are just making it worse. I know, I had issues with social anxiety, but I never let myself use it as an excuse. That would have just sunk me deeper into trouble. Just my own personal thoughts on the matter, from my experience. Don't mean to offend anyone.
Who said that having ADD means giving up? Every day I struggle to do what I need to get done, but saying I have ADD isn't usually what keeps me from doing it. It is actually having ADD.
Sims2789 said:I wrote this essay for a college application, but I think it can help people without ADD understand what it's like having it.
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Note: I haven't submitted my application yet and won't till Tuesday or Wednesday, so feel free to make suggestions, corrections, etc.
Also, please don't steal this essay. I'm sorry to be suspicious when many people who read it will give me advice on it, but imagine what would happen if the University of California received two identical essays found it online without this statement.
An Excellent Essay I only wish I could right as coherently, but unfortunately I have dyslexia, so I often am not understood, all I can say is ADD like dyslexia is something you learn to deal with in your own way, so that it becomes less of an issue, your not hard wired to be the way you are permanently; from what you said though, I think you already know this. Good luck, few will understand the difficulties, but as long as you stay positive it won't matter a jot.
I'm pretty sure as soon as you put this on line it becomes your intelectual property, if someone copies it, then you no doubt have a means to show you wrote it first. But I'm hazy on internet law, actually any law.
Dyslexia? Bah, you just need to get over it. 
Eran of Arcadia said:Dyslexia? Bah, you just need to get over it.
,my thoughts exactly but it's 34 years in and I'm still not able to be fully coherent. Language is my bug bear, but also my salvation. It has plenty of positives though, I can multi task much better than most men, I am ambidextrous and I have along term memory that most would die for. It has it's cons. Sequential(short term memory) memory is something you can train, as is a sense of balance, so to be honest,I wouldn't want to be without it.
Evil Tyrant
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I guess I should expect such a dumb response from someone who lives in California. Now, does what I just said make much sense? No it doesn't and neither does your statement on the south. I live in Virginia, and love it here. The land is beautiful, and the people are friendly. Try not to make sweeping statements about half the entire country which you have likely never seen, it may just bump you into the top 1% of your school.Commie #4522 said:
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Commie #4522
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I've seen the things you do down there, and the people you support (*cough* Bush *cough*). I think I'm wise enough not to go there.Evil Tyrant said:I guess I should expect such a dumb response from someone who lives in California. Now, does what I just said make much sense? No it doesn't and neither does your statement on the south. I live in Virginia, and love it here. The land is beautiful, and the people are friendly. Try not to make sweeping statements about half the entire country which you have likely never seen, it may just bump you into the top 1% of your school.
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You got a problem with Virginia? Then you have a problem with me you stupid pink-o commie-loving hippie!
Seriously, you judge entire areas by stereotypes. In case you didn't notice, Virginia has a Democratic Governer, and Senator. Bush loving my arse?
I don't consider you a Valley Girl, who ends every sentence with a question? But I now believe I should since you love stereotyping millions of my statesmen and other statesmen of people like me.EDIT: Took out trolling part.
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Commie #4522 said:
Good joke being in the top 4% and all, but its getting pretty old. Your ignorance is greatly proving your intellectual incompetance. Was it not California where a bunch of environmental wackos broke the law and smashed a bunch of Hummers?Face it, you have zero clue about the South.
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Commie #4522 said:
Thanks for embarassing California.
Myself, living in San Francisco, having lived in Los Angeles, with family in San Diego and Sacramento all I can say is ... ouch.
edit: on topic, the essay reads well but I think it has trouble conveying just how frustrating ADD can be. I think there are a lot of skeptics regarding mental disorders (add, bipolar, anorexia...) so maybe more emphasis should be placed on dealing with the negatives and less time spent enjoying the disorder via hyper focusing.
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