but it doesn't matter if you're with a group of people and you're not on the same page because you don't get something that everybody else gets.

Or if you're not on the same page because you get something that nobody else gets,

the feeling of isolation and loneliness on both the fringes feels exactly the same.

You feel just as isolated.

That feeling of isolation that it can cause.

When you're in a place maybe where you're not quite as

secure you don't know yourself as well, you're not willing to accept those things

that you don't do well because you're not willing to accept those things that you do do

well. As people with ADHD I think we like

certainty I don't like living in the gray it can be really challenging to have to try to

live in the gray when you're looking for absolutes in those cases where I would have

those moments, in those cases where I would have those moments, then my thoughts were absolute. I was absolutely wrong.

It would never occur to me that that could be a possibility.

80-H-D. Rewired episode 106. This is the show designed to help those of us who have really good intentions and a slightly wandering

attention. My name is Eric Tivers. I'm a licensed clinical social worker, coach,

and consultant. We know that starting can be the hardest part, so let's get started. But first, let me thank our sponsors.

Are you or someone you know looking to hire a speaker to talk about ADHD?

Go to ADHD rewired.

and click the speaking tab.

Fill out the form there and we'll be in touch.

That's ADHD rewired.com.

Click on speaking.

...