Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Big change of perspective

I have been aching to write about this subject. It is the big change of my perspective and how it has effected me. Let me be clear up front, I haven't had any revelations of sorts like all of a sudden I will change political parties or that I have given up on God or anything. My perspective has changed because well, I have changed. Let me explain - it's Mary's fault. Mary of course is my partner of 27 years and knows me better than most, some of which I wish she would forget. In December something occurred that has literally changed our lives, I think to the better but has brought a lot of grief in and regrets as well. It was in December that while waiting to get ready to go to church on a Sunday morning, Mary was watching some program on the television while I was actively saving the world of warcraft world from some kind of destruction. I felt her eyes staring at me. I looked over and she was looking at me. She would look at the program she was watching and then look at me again, eventually, I asked her what she was watching and began to listen with my unoccupied ear and she told me she was watching a show titled, "Is it you, me or adult ADD." I said, Oh, and carried on with what I was doing and she replied to me, I think you have ADD. I don't have ADD I said, I am hyperactive but no one has ever commented to me that I have ADD or ADHD as it is generally described as these days. I let it go, but Mary didn't. We went to church and she said to a couple of ladies at church, "I think David is ADHD." and they replied to her, "And this is new to you?" She told me what they said, and I passed it off as crazy talk and the next day mentioned it to my chaplain co-worker who has a degree in psychology and she just stared at me. I went home that night and told Mary. I then said to her, I think I want to talk to someone about this, there has to be a test or something. The longer story much shorter - yep... I am ADHD. Life is going to change.

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