Drifting Away
April 9th, 2005In elementary school, we were often assigned to write short stories. I would start by thinking about the assigned topic, just like all of the other students.
However, my thoughts about the topic would lead me to other thoughts, and those other thoughts would lead me to thoughts that were even more unrelated.
The time would pass, and other children would begin to hand in their assignments. I would notice and become worried, but soon afterward I would drift off into new daydreams.
I knew my mind behaved differently from everyone else’s minds, because no one else had this problem. But that was all I knew. I had never heard of ADD, ADHD, or probably even the words “attention”, “deficit”, or “disorder”.
April 22nd, 2005 at 10:14 am
I daydreamed my way through Elementary school. Jr High/High was different, by that point my life turned a different direction and school was just another hassle in my mind.
During elementary school though, the teachers would always complain to my mother that i looked zonked. THat i would zone out, “stare off into space” during class, yet did well on my home work.
At one point they did an EEG to see if those were seizures. Test came up negative. I still stare off into space to this day. Sometimes its a daydream. Other times, i just zone out, but i can still hear everything thats being said.
An old therpist i had claimed i was self-hypnotising myself.
WHatever it is, its annoying when you are trying to drive.
April 25th, 2005 at 3:20 am
That’s really interesting that they did an EEG, wow. It also seems like doctors just don’t really understand the symptoms of ADD enough. I had the hardest time telling my doctor what it was like to be spaced out. No coincidence that med students seem to be constantly focused, I guess.