Mean, Lazy, Stupid and Crazy!
I’m a little crabby today. Okay … a lot crabby. Being the very definition of “Side-track Sally“, I find my internal “self talk” giving me the old “beat down” for not posting over the last few days.
It seems every time I sit down to post, I end up re-writing the code on my .htaccess, adding a new widget (I’ll never use), trying to figure out why my favicon doesn’t work, and … well … you know how it goes …
This, of course, frustrates me to no end, sending my brain further into the realm of OVERWHELM … then two hours later I catch myself reading about oil futures. Oh, the wandering mind of adhd …
I’ve had this terrific blog in my bookmarks for awhile, wanting to add it to my blogroll here. Today, I bring this awesome blog to you! It’s called “Brain Blogger“! Let the trumpets sound … They have a wealth of excellent information, and I thought the best introduction would be to provide a few snippets from a post in their Opinions section. Please click the title and read the entire piece.
You’re Mean - I’m Lazy, Stupid and Crazy
You’re stuck in a mental bind. Today, a mighty simple idea is here to release you. This entry is for anyone who has or who deals with neurological or mental challenges. That is, everyone. It is definitely for folks with ADD or similar problems. It’s also for people who have the symptoms of ADD even though it doesn’t exist.
If you are MLS or C, does that mean you do something MLS or C more often than the average person? And how much more often do you have to do it, in order for IT to be WHO you are? Is ten percent too much? Is ninety percent too little? Speaking of words used to define people, if you’re an asshole, are you also a knee? It isn’t the words that are so bad. It’s the purpose and spirit.
What would it be like to feel how these are just words. You’re still aware of the primitive way they are used by many people, but in your emotional makeup, they’re just words.
So mean becomes, “I’m having trouble being constructive in this situation.” Lazy becomes, “When I try to do that, I get really fatigued and apathetic, and I play tricks on myself to avoid it.” Stupid becomes, “That isn’t something I’m competent at. I wouldn’t apply for that job. By the way, I’m going to need help with this thing over here.” And crazy becomes, “I really have poor judgement when it comes to that.”
Imagine all the energy and creativity this would free up if everyone focused on what to do about MLC and S instead of creating all this emotional, moralistic froth, avoidance, shame, denial, hatred, and bigotry that disrupts our problem solving.
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