Jaimepolis, when I was kid concept of ADHA, as such, did not yet exist. Although, still did hear term “hyperactive” used colloquially many times, father’s constant lament more fitting: “You just wound up tighter’n a $2 clock !!”. G’ma feed me copious amounts of sweet, strong, chicory coffee; G’pa ‘d run me through woods like young dog, & found me trees to climp like baby monkey; father taught me to swim in creeks and ocean like little fish, and ride wild Shetland pony wild open like tiny deranged cowboy. Had stilts, pogo stick, hula hoops, etc.
But, even then, this too-wound-up $2 clock could “hyper-focus” if interested, sit still w/book, draw animal pictures, or made homemade ant farm,etc. and even pass-out in coma-like sleep. Father told me when I was 5, he was gonna make me into “sesquipidilian”, and we learned new big world from big dictionary or Compton’s encyclopedia every day.
Jaime, I do not think ADHD separate sympotmology, but just plain ole reular, normal mainisfitation of our personality’s basic traits. In others, we all got it to some degree. Best to recognize it, use it when can, control it when can’t!!
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Jaimepolis, when I was kid concept of ADHA, as such, did not yet exist. Although, still did hear term “hyperactive” used colloquially many times, father’s constant lament more fitting: “You just wound up tighter’n a $2 clock !!”. G’ma feed me copious amounts of sweet, strong, chicory coffee; G’pa ‘d run me through woods like young dog, & found me trees to climp like baby monkey; father taught me to swim in creeks and ocean like little fish, and ride wild Shetland pony wild open like tiny deranged cowboy. Had stilts, pogo stick, hula hoops, etc.
But, even then, this too-wound-up $2 clock could “hyper-focus” if interested, sit still w/book, draw animal pictures, or made homemade ant farm,etc. and even pass-out in coma-like sleep. Father told me when I was 5, he was gonna make me into “sesquipidilian”, and we learned new big world from big dictionary or Compton’s encyclopedia every day.
Jaime, I do not think ADHD separate sympotmology, but just plain ole reular, normal mainisfitation of our personality’s basic traits. In others, we all got it to some degree. Best to recognize it, use it when can, control it when can’t!!