Dude. I think I might have AD/HD.
Woah.
Gimme a second while my mind finishes reeling around in drunken circles.
Check this out. (Taken from this website. Thanks, website.)
Impulsivity
Impulsivity negatively affects social relationships because others may attribute impulsive words or actions to lack of caring or regard for others. Failure to stop and think first often has devastating social consequences. Impulsivity in speech, without self-editing what is about to be said, may appear as unfiltered thoughts. Opinions and thoughts are shared in their raw form, without the usual veneer that most people use to be socially appropriate. Interruptions are common.
Huh? HUH?
Makes for good blogging. Not so much in the real-life scene, though.
Trust me on this.
I don't know. It's INTERESTING.
Posted by: Oh, The Joys | August 22, 2007 at 05:51 PM
If you do have it, you've sublimated it (as Freud would say). In other words, you've converted that symptom into something beautiful -- your writing. And the "impulsivity" of your writing is what makes it unique.
So it's all good, no?
Posted by: slouching mom | August 22, 2007 at 06:46 PM
I prefer to consider you slightly surreal stream of consciousness.
This is why I keep coming back.
Posted by: Jennifer | August 23, 2007 at 02:22 AM
If I spent my day reading psych websites, I don't even want to know how many social disorders I would come up with for myself.
In your case, I agree with slouching mom.
Posted by: qt | August 23, 2007 at 05:21 AM
I'd say most of us tend to think in one long run-on topic. You just put yours in eloquent blog form. I tend to edit the hell out of myself before it posts to my blog.
Slouching Mom makes so much sense.
Posted by: Manic Mommy | August 23, 2007 at 05:49 AM
I have a friend who likes to claim that she has adult AD/HD and my very uncharitable response is: So?
Whatever your deal, Deb, you are absolutely NOT disordered. Or at least no more disordered than about 7 billion other people I can think of. And? You have much prettier hair.
Posted by: Gwen | August 23, 2007 at 05:57 AM
You're fascinating and unique. How can that be a bad thing?
Posted by: Nancy | August 23, 2007 at 07:43 AM
Impulsive people are so misunderstood. I see it in my oldest daughter and it breaks my heart.
Posted by: slackermommy | August 23, 2007 at 10:00 PM
Yes to what Slouching Mom said. You're sublimated. Yeah. That's it.
(Whatever you are or are not, you're YOU and I think YOU are great!)
Posted by: Ruth Dynamite | August 24, 2007 at 05:24 PM