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I am passionate about everything, basically.
My passions include reading, traveling, my children, and learning new things.
I am a woman, who has decided life is simple, but its not. I want to go with my gut instinct, but what if I'm wrong? I would like to be knowledgeable enough to make good decisions, but what if I'm wrong. I would just like for someone to tell me what I'm doing is right, but if they think its wrong Ill do it anyway. There in lies the problem.
I say this to say, as a person with ADD attention deficit disorder, I have realized that my life is much harder because I don't and cant, think in black and white, I think in many colors. In my mind, nothing is clear cut cut and straight forward, only a wonderful collage of confusion.
For example something hurts you, like a cut in your foot. You may stop wearing certain shoes. You also, may need to use a band aid, antibiotics. Depending on different variables, your foot will heal and you move on with life, taking precautions not to do the same thing, that cut you foot before. Only a person cannot avoid never being cut on the foot again a conscience decision is made to do the best you can to avoid getting cut
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Only with an ADD brain, a person is more likely to get cut again because of not being able to pay attention to details, only the big picture. I want to walk barefoot, therefore I will, end of story. It doesn't matter if I have been cut. I don't like wearing shoes. I like shoes. I like the styles and colors and will even buy many pairs shoes in my life, because I do like soft clean feet after all. The problem comes in forgetting consequences, repeating behaviors, or getting stuck in indecision.
I do have common sense but my common sense gets overridden immediately by intrusive thoughts. I have shoes, I don't have enough shoes, I want money for shoes. Should I buy more comfortable shoes, durable shoes or party shoes. See what I mean? does it matter? It does to me. This is just one example. I have made it through life, only by over analyzing, and making small calculated decisions.
Be gentle with yourself.
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