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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20205 min read
Metaphors We Live By
Nothing connects one idea to another like a good metaphor. In fact, metaphor – what Douglas Hofstadter has called analogical thinking –...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20204 min read
"I honestly don't even remember the argument!"
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...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20203 min read
Dysphoria
"I feel rejection far more intensely than most people.” The last time I lost a relationship to ADD issues, I reflected long and hard...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20204 min read
Hyperfocus, baby!
"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...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20203 min read
"Sometimes I will zone out on you..."
I’ve had more than one relationship knocked off-kilter by moments of inattention in the midst of important communication. I believe most...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20204 min read
"I've spent my life in hiding..."
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...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20206 min read
"I've got a lot to offer this relationship!"
Say what you will about a lifetime of rejection and hiding and low self-esteem: it teaches us the immense value, the preciousness, of...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20202 min read
The Souler Corona
We’ve examined, more than once, Douglas Hofstadter’s concept of the “strange loop” - applied, within human beings, as little bits and...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20202 min read
"I might suddenly say something highly inappropriate!"
This one is big. It can happen anytime, anywhere, in any context. Our grasshopper minds are listening to others and racing at the same...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min read
The ADD Adult's Sex Life
"We can have an amazing sex life!” Let’s consider a very positive, encouraging fact about adult ADD: its various features can sometimes...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min read
Embracing ADD
"Despite everything, I don’t regret my ADD – I love it!” There are lots of pitfalls, obstructions, and challenges summarized in the...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min read
The Adventurous ADD Adult
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...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min read
We All Need a Whisperer
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...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20201 min read
The Organic Architect
The two major domains of an ADD adult’s existence are the same two that every other adult inhabits: daily existence and relationships....
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min read
"I'm not lazy, insensitive, or irresponsible!"
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...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min read
"I pretend, sometimes..."
"I pretend, sometimes, about some things...” Many of us grew up pretending. We grew up struggling with impulse control, social...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20202 min read
"I'm my own worst enemy!"
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...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min read
"I am most comfortable in clutter..."
And now for a bit of controversy. Most of our ADD traits are, when carefully examined, positives that society shouldn’t be trying to...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min read
"There's a science to my brain!"
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...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20202 min read
ADD: Very Good Company...
"I’m in very good company!” ADHD has a high profile right now. It is currently receiving more research attention than depression, OCD,...
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