I have decided to subpoena adhd with a cease-and-desist warning. In other words,
I'm through.
Done.
Finis(h).
O.v.e.r. it.
Got that, adhd? Your days, or possibly hours, are numbered. (Maybe this would be a good time to sit down and figure out the finer details of counting.)
*****
My therapist has given me an assignment; anytime someone compliments me, I am expected to write it down, long-hand, using a writing implement *other* than something with an electric cord attached to its keys, iow, yes, a pen or pencil-ish item, and paper. Or, you know, whatever's handy. Like a receipt. Those are generally the most handy. I *have* notebooks and scads of paper in this house, I just don't necessarily know how to locate them. But the important thing is to trick my brain into thinking I'm worthy. And stop being so focussed on the negativo. Which means I'm allowed to go back through all the comments I've ever received on this blog and pull the nicer stuff that you've said to me (even if they were all a heap of lies, real purty ones, but lies, nonetheless), and write it down, with a pencily thingy, on the back of a bar tab a receipt for milk and cereal and local, organic produce. Also, what Caleb says to me that's complimenty. And what Jack says to me, like when he tells me I'm nice, and when he says I'm pretty pretty. Etc.
Now if I can just remember how to fucking write.






It's a practice that would do a lot of us some good, I think.
Here's one more from the book - you crack my ass up. Now go find that paper!
Posted by: Andy | June 23, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Good God. You need to drive a Sharpie through that therapist's eye. I'm ADHD lucky to find a fucking pen let along take longhand notes.
Posted by: Lotta | June 24, 2008 at 07:46 PM
If you find what works for you I think I'd love to borrow your advice and see what I can do about my oldest and his ADD.
Posted by: apathy lounge | June 24, 2008 at 10:20 PM
oooh, list making. I'm good at that, I can help!!!
Posted by: qt | June 25, 2008 at 08:27 AM
Let me remind you of all the compliments I paid you at BlogHer '07.
Your hair rocks.
You look like a model.
I wouldn't kick you out of bed for eating crackers.
You are a super cool chick.
I love you.
Are you writing these down?
Posted by: slackermommy | June 25, 2008 at 05:03 PM