From the ADHD, Be gentle desk:
Hi fellow warriors caught in a whirlwind of chaos,
Actual footage of my ADHD mind at work! 😜
Through my research I discovered that learning an instrument is good for ADHD sufferers. Through the Understood website and a few others. I learn more and more each day.
What makes me passionate enough to write on ADHD is that I suffered for most of my life undiagnosed with ADD. It is only through my children, that I came to understand, our symptoms are the same. I encourage everyone to get tested just in case. I you have ever wondered why you cant seem to get organized at all or cant find the motivation to get started on assignments projects or work around the house I beg you to find out what may be the cause of it.
One way I have decided to combat my sons struggles is through music. Percussion instruments help the ADHD mind focus and learn a new skill. Since we need all the help we can get I am pulling out the stops. I have decided to put my youngest child into music lessons. My soon to be 10 year old is only interested in Nintendo switch and you tube at the moment. New technology has presented a new problem for Attention deficit warriors and that is these devises shorten your already short attention span. Therefore I have to find ways to distract my lovely son from his phone and gaming system. so with my cluttered mind, I have to remember to take said child to his appointment. While I simultaneously look at my phone and wait for him to finish. Gotta love my life! (I think I will bring a book this time).I will keep you posted on our journey.......
ADHD sufferers are either very focused on things they enjoy or very unfocused depending or if the subject at hand peaks their personal interest. ADHD brain processes and normal brain processes are the same in that way, either you like what you do or you do not. My son is very definite about what he likes and what he does not like. I am a little more flexible, chalk it up to life experience. I know that I have to take some risk and do things that I am not good at to achieve the results I want. A prime example is Math. Dun dun dun. I have failed statistics at least 3 times but I will suvive! Heeey, Heey! (Insert Gloria Gaynor).
So back to the program, being hyper focused is good for deadlines, but not good if there is say, a FIRE! So someone may be trying to get my attention, but if I am in hyper focus mode, I will not hear them. I honestly will not hear them, and if I do hear them, I am not focused on what that person is saying, because my mind is still on what I was previously doing. I goes like this " huh? what? say it again!" " I didn't understand you". My son experiences it this way. "Son, put your phone down take out the trash and here is my key to get the mail while your out there". So because he was probably focused on something else, he will hear my voice and stand up, but be unsure precisely what he is supposed to be doing. So he will say I didn't hear you, when in fact he did hear me, he just wasn't able to pay attention. So next what happens, is he will grab the trash bags and not take the key to get the mail. So as you can see its a challenge on both our parts, because I will also forget what I just told him to do, and hours later, be wondering where the mail is. Folks this is all day, everyday.
Funny for this week: To watch the flow of my mental illness, all you have to do is check my Amazon cart!
Be gentle with yourself,
As always. Questions, comments,suggestions?
No comments:
Post a Comment