ADDed Perspective Blog

If you are playing a big game, and by necessity experimenting with different strategies and tools to meet your goals, rather than playing it safe, you know that you cannot get it right 100% of the time. When you push your limits you will inevitably hit some speed bumps along the way.

When you have a setback, you can choose to see it as a cautionary sign to slow down or as an excuse to come to a complete stop. If you are prone to adopt the common ADD tendency to think in terms of black and white, you may think that there are only two options when you hit a barrier; you can go full speed ahead and just try harder or give up. Going full speed ahead when your plan is not working will likely land you in more trouble. While giving up will, uhm, get you nowhere.

Being able to recognize your temporary setbacks as speed bumps, rather than Read More

Stress, perhaps, more than anything else can exacerbate your ADD symptoms and get in your way as you pursue your goals. You probably find that the executive functions that you find challenging because of your ADD will hinder you even more when you are stressed. So, managing your stress level is necessarily a part of managing your ADD.

In addition to making your ADD symptoms worse, you know that stress can cause you to

• not eat well.
• not sleep well.
• feel overwhelmed.
• get sick more often.

So, then how do to you manage your stress? Part of the Read More