Posted by IsoM on March 10, 2002, at 15:44:05
In reply to Re: ADD experience w/bipolar w/o » IsoM, posted by Ritch on March 10, 2002, at 14:45:38
See? That's what I mean about what ADD people are good at. If a person with ADD is reasonably intelligent, they tend to be much more astute (I don't mean to be unkind but there's a whole spectrum of intelligence & creativity in people with ADD, from as sharp as wet liver to the razor edge of obsidion, just like any other group of people). They can see the bigger picture & see complex relationships behind the picture.
I can walk into a group of people & without even trying, just by observation start to see the interweave of relationships between them all, the tug & pull, & how each is affected. I see life as a grand tapestry & people as threads interwoven. I see many things like that - I can watch a group of animals & birds & see the complex patterns forming. Yet, I can also miss the obvious when I'm busy in my mind. I went to a medical walk-in clinic once. Went to the desk & registered, then sat down. I then looked out the window & startled. There was a big display outside, where I had walked past, drawing people's attention to using public transportation. Brightly coloured balloons, banners, a clown, the works, but I never even saw it when I walked past it. That's an unusual case but I will miss obvious things but see the moth on the floor that no one else notices.
I can multitask easily but only in something that I know well, then it becomes almost rote in what I'm doing, or a kinetic memory where my muscles know what to do without thinking about it - like bicycle riding is a kinetic memory. One son insists that the "absent-minded professor" is based on me. :-)
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