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A. A. A. D. D. Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder |
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Page updated - 25 November 2007 |
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Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. (Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder). This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the table that I collected from the letter box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the recycling bin under the table, and notice that it is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the rubbish first.
But then I think, since I’m going to be near the post-box when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my cheque book off the table, and see that there is only 1 cheque left. My new cheque book is in my desk, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I’d been drinking.
I’m going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the fridge to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - they need water. I put the Coke on the worktop and discover my reading glasses that I’ve been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I’m going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realise that tonight when we watch TV, I’ll be looking for the remote control, but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back near the TV where it belongs, but first I’ll water the flowers. I pour some water in the vase, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote control back on the table, get a cloth and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day: - the car isn’t washed - the bills aren’t paid - there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the worktop - the flowers don’t have enough water - there is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book - I can’t find the remote control - I can’t find my glasses - and I don’t remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I’m really tired. I realise this is a serious problem, and I’ll try to get some help for it, but first I’ll check my e-mail and have yet another distraction.
Do me a favour. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don’t remember who the hell I’ve sent it to.
Don’t laugh - if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming!!
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC
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