Nothing connects one idea to another like a good metaphor. In fact, metaphor – what Douglas Hofstadter has called analogical thinking –...

It was a Sunday afternoon in 2007. She and I were sitting on the couch, watching a movie on television, having just eaten a snacky lunch...

"I feel rejection far more intensely than most people.” The last time I lost a relationship to ADD issues, I reflected long and hard...

"I may go dark for long periods of time...” I have a superpower. You have a superpower. Most ADD adults have this same superpower. It’s...

I’ve had more than one relationship knocked off-kilter by moments of inattention in the midst of important communication. I believe most...

There’s much to cover in the pages ahead, and it all hangs together around some common truths. So it’s best to put the biggest of those...

Say what you will about a lifetime of rejection and hiding and low self-esteem: it teaches us the immense value, the preciousness, of...

We’ve examined, more than once, Douglas Hofstadter’s concept of the “strange loop” - applied, within human beings, as little bits and...

This one is big. It can happen anytime, anywhere, in any context. Our grasshopper minds are listening to others and racing at the same...

"We can have an amazing sex life!” Let’s consider a very positive, encouraging fact about adult ADD: its various features can sometimes...

"Despite everything, I don’t regret my ADD – I love it!” There are lots of pitfalls, obstructions, and challenges summarized in the...

My last long-term relationship was amazing. I’m a bookworm, as so many ADD adults are. I live for books, knowledge, new ideas. I have...

We can’t do it alone. And that’s what many ADD adults do – they try to tough it out, they try to handle all the burning bowling pins of...

The two major domains of an ADD adult’s existence are the same two that every other adult inhabits: daily existence and relationships....

These are the great cultural clichés applied to both ADHD children and adults. “You’re lazy!” - because we aren’t working on what we’re...

"I pretend, sometimes, about some things...” Many of us grew up pretending. We grew up struggling with impulse control, social...

The world doles out many defeats to the ADD adult, perhaps more than can be counted. ADD adults often dole out even more defeats to...

And now for a bit of controversy. Most of our ADD traits are, when carefully examined, positives that society shouldn’t be trying to...

There are things ADD is, and there are things ADD isn’t. Even those of us who “have” ADD or “are” ADD or whatever don’t always fully...

"I’m in very good company!” ADHD has a high profile right now. It is currently receiving more research attention than depression, OCD,...