This day and age we live in either has CAUSED ADHD or just exasberates it. It also promotes poor spelling. The fact that we can at any time be connected with others no matter where we are is kind of scary. Where do you HIDE these days? Cel phones are everywhere and the public world has turned into a symphony of beeps and ridiculous little electronic tunes. I hear these tunes even when they AREN'T playing. They trigger you. When you are in a store or cafe or whatever and you hear this tune, EVERYONE is alerted and for a split second thinks it's THEIR beep. How rude to be interupted in this way. And the absolute annoyance of people talking on their cel phones is one of the worst things technology has ever spawned. These phones came with no etiquete guidelines. And what is with people thinking that when they are talking on their phones nobody around them can hear what they are saying? I have heard couples scream and argue in the cereal aisle. One sided conversation ofcourse... boy is SHE a bitch! Sometimes it's amusing but the problem is that it is there whether you want it or not.
I remember how it was a very urban thing to see the “crazy” people on the sidewalks downtown talking to themselves. I was always interested in what they were saying and what or who they were saying it TO! Now that people have ear peices you just see them walking and talking apparantly to themselves but then you realize they are on the phone. I have actually walked through the airport talking outloud in an imaginary conversation and nobody even blinked. We are ALL the crazy people now.
It's too much.
I watched a very good new show last night called ”30 Days”. It was created by the guy who made that movie called “Super Size Me” and what it is is taking people out of their elements and making them live in an opposite element. Last night tow urbanites who used tons of gas and electricity were sent to a community in Vermont (I think) and it was a place called “Jumping Rabbit” where they lived NOT wasting any of the earths resources. They used solar panels and even recycled their own poop calling it Humanure. I know, gross... but really, we WASTE so much fuel and energy. This show illustrated it to me. Shame on me right now as I sit in the kitchen with the air conditioner blasting and all the lights on. I will make an effort to curb my fuel usage. But anyway, it just made me realize how crazy the world has become in such a short time. And the fact that their are resources out there to SAVE energy and SAVE the earth and nobody does a damn thing about it.
So tying this all into ADHD... this day and age, the news, the noise, the pollution, the stress of the war and terrorism... how do you unplug? The thing about ADHD is that we are percieved as being very self centered. We are embarrased by this because it is not a very socially acceptable thing. We have no social skills. I think that in order to get a grip on it, we have to just really GO for it for the time being and BE self absorbed. I have to just focus on me. I have to get my day in order, I have to get things lined up and make my list and I have to just do it with no distractions.
My distractions are in the form of people I need to communicate with, things that needed to be done a LONG TIME AGO and are still sitting there in my brain waiting and waiting and bothering me and making me crazy. Daily housework that SEEMS daunting but that is really quick and easy to do when you just do it. Set the timer and go. Most housework takes no more than fifteen minutes to a half hour to complete. I have found this out.
Working out of my home and being self employed is great but also VERY challenging. I have to make my own hours so I have to decided when I “go to work”. Today I will go to work at 9:30.
It's chalenging. It's what I have to do. I am also calling that therapist today.