One Boy’s Struggle: A Review
Since my diagnosis a year ago, I’ve been doing as much as I can to learn more about attention deficit disorder, and I’ve found that the information available is generally lacking. There are so many brilliant professionals out there talking about adhd, but too often it’s obvious they don’t have it. The information can often be a little too clinical, not holding my attention. So … I look for a little more light-hearted reading.
There’s tons of light-hearted books available, but I tend to find them a bit trite, filled with the same old “10 Easy Steps” that would be written for a non-adder. Well … they may throw in a couple slight twists, like add color … wait, no … I learned that in sales training 20 years ago.
However, I HAVE found some absolutely terrific books that can help you both learn and function better with your adhd.
Today, I want to focus on one book in particular. Bryan Hutchinson’s “One Boy’s Struggle: A Memoir“. This book deserves a post of it’s own because it’s special. For the others, I’ll put together a list for recommendation.
“One Boy’s Struggle” should be at the TOP of your list if you’re learning about adhd. If you’re an adult who has lived most your life with undiagnosed adhd, this book should be your #1 choice! Bryan’s story will hit home with you in ways no other book can.
Bryan shares his personal story about growing up with undiagnosed adhd. His life story is both amazing and disturbing. What made his story so amazing to me, was how similar his life was to mine. What made his story so disturbing at times … was how similar his life is to mine.
The most helpful thing diagnosis has done for me, is to provide a new window to look out upon my past. So many events that I’ve agonized over for so long … communications, mistakes, forgetfulness, things never achieved … just symptoms of adhd. Not character flaws … just adhd.
Reading about Bryan going through the same things in life that I have, helps me tremendously more in gaining a proper (more positive) perspective on my life. And more importantly … to realize that I’m not alone. There ARE actually people out there, who DO know what I’m talking about!
I can’t possibly recommend this book enough! I mean, you should go buy it right now! It’s that important!
On a final note … when I was done reading it, and took a few days to let it all sink in, something unique hit me … something that simply doesn’t happen when reading other books. And it will happen to you too.
After reading Bryan’s book, I can’t help but feel like I know Bryan, that he’s a close personal friend.
That’s how much he shares with you. It’s how personal and genuine the book and Bryan truly are. This book is for real!
Get Bryan’s book! It may be the most significant book you ever read concerning adhd.
Then when you’re done, head on over to Bryan’s “ADDer World“and join the community! I look forward to seeing you there!
A Morsel of Blogging
I’m back … the fog is lifted
The earth has shifted and raised the gifted
You knew I’d be back so pack your bone
And hit the road jack … cuz daddy’s home …
Since it’s been so long since my last post, I thought some Kid Rock lyrics were in order 
Anyways, I’ve been thinking … don’t worry, you’re not about to get hurt.
It would be great to see more adders blogging! Just a short time ago, when I decided to get into blogging, I knew I had a good reason and purpose - to bring more real-world advice and information to people with attention deficit disorder.
I’m not an “expert”, nor do I put myself out there as one, but I AM an adult with adhd. Being diagnosed later in life has also given me a unique perspective into adhd - from an experiential point of view, that many doctors, scientists, and other “experts” simply do not have. And … while I fully understand the worthiness of, and completely share the desire to “function better” with the other 95%, I find most advice available for adders to be rather simplistic and trite.
I may certainly desire to FUNCTION better with the 95%, but I have no ambition to BE like them. I like being me.
This fact was further driven home to me while reading Bryan Hutchinson’s book “One Boy’s Struggle“. In the book, Bryan gives us his REAL life story about growing up with undiagnosed adhd. It may not be as “neat and clean” as the standard “professional” books on adhd available in the market, but it truly is the best!
Why should you get into blogging as an adder?
1. It’s great therapy! When I write “advice” posts, more than anything, I’m really talking to myself. In other words, my advice is as much geared towards me as it is towards you, my readers. Writing these posts helps me stay focused in a positive direction.
2. You get to reach out and help others! How many times have you read the “10 Best Ways for Adders to Get Organized” and found the list all but impossible to execute? Many I bet. Well … REACH OUT! Let the rest of us know what REALLY works!
3. It’s fun and creative! You get to work with themes, colors, gizmos and gadgets … create content by writing, creating pictures, videos, etc … and create unique ways to interact … and you know something? It’s all just a big, live video game!
Just like so many other video games, where you have to find things, create things, collect things, ward off attackers … it’s the same in the real-world of the internet. You have to find interested people, figure out how to rank in search engines, beat your competitors, and ward off hackers!
I’m completely new to blogging. My only experience is the recent start-up of A Morsel of Genius, and another blog I’ve chosen to leave completely independent of this blog. Why? Because this blog is special. I’m building it exclusively for adders.
Help is on the way!
I’m no expert in the field of blogging, in fact, I’m just a noob. But I’m working hard at it, and by taking you on this journey with me, it can help keep me on track, and provide you with a genuinely unique learning experience.
Sure … there’s a TON of great advice from blogging experts that can benefit you greatly. I’ll be sharing many of those with you. But let’s face it … you have adhd!
You’ve got better odds of hitting tonight’s lottery than you do of following a step-by-step guide carefully, A through Z. And hey, as you know, no matter how much more knowledge these experts have, as an adder, sometimes you’re just going to see things differently and go in a different direction. Right or wrong. It’s our nature.
A blessing, not a curse.
So … welcome to my introduction on blogging! This won’t be your typical A-Z guide, it will be haphazard in true adhd fashion, but I’ll do my best to keep it consistent (along with providing links to the professionals). Slowly but surely, we’ll cover everything … and hopefully see us adders take over the net!
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"Dr. Glauberman's Technique is right on time." The New York Times
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