Thursday, 21 November 2013

Managing Adult Add Is Like Riding A Bike

It's return to school, return to the large projects at work, and return to life as we have knowledge of it. And, dare I speak it, stores have even begun busting out their holiday merchandise! Talk about pressure!Fall is barely possibly the highest many stressful time regarding the year for adults with Attention Deficit Disorder ADD. You can even locate you slipping distant from the ADD management routines, structure, and processes that you have previously created. I've been hearing from very many of clients who are getting below on themselves due to the fact that the transition from summer to fall was more difficult than they anticipated. With this in mind, I'd like to release you the following reminder: Managing adult ADD is like riding a bike.



Remember when you learned to ride a bike?You probably started out with a tricycle when you were very young. At some point, you got the coveted two-wheeler with training wheels. And eventually the day came that your parents told you it was time to take those training wheels off. Excitement and joy arose when a sunny spring day appeared and you knew it was your time to shine. You probably resented the adult who held on to the return regarding the bicycle as you started pedaling in what should be your first-ever bicycle ride without training wheels.



But what happened when that adult did eventually let leave and you were left to ride on your own?You fell. Splat! Right over on your side. You thought you should do it, but it turned out balancing on 3 wheels is very many harder than balancing on four. Maybe you skinned a knee or an elbow. Perhaps you located your little self completely disappointed and frustrated about what you thought you should do without effort.



But no reason how you felt, you got up and got return on that bike. Maybe right away, and maybe not until a week later. But you got return on the bike. You fell many more times, but you kept getting return on that bike, due to the fact that you knew that the only method you would ever learn how to ride that bicycle was to hold getting return on it. And now, as an adult, you have knowledge of how to ride a bike.



You can not do it very often, and you can fall every now and then, but you have knowledge of how to ride a bike. So what creates you ponder that managing your ADD is any different than riding a bike?What creates you ponder that the minute you set your mind to something, you can instantly accomplish it?Organization, time management, better focus and concentration, emotional regulation. they all need practice. They need extra effort in times of overwhelm, like the kind we are all experiencing now as life kicks return into high gear. Learning to manage ADD is like learning to ride a bike.



Expect a learning curve. Expect barely a little falls. Expect a hard time finding your balance. And rest assured that two of these days ADD management shall be 2nd nature. Until then, do not get below on you when you fall.



No reason how bad things seem to be going, no reason how many times you fall, always get return on the bike.

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