I've already had a massive post about this before, but when I was diagnosed with ADD I had no idea how much of my life it was affecting.
Until I saw this video about 3 years ago, it shook me to my core, everything he said lined up and made sense now. I used to go by the name BallisticGe0rge because of my short temper. I always thought that was just who I was, but this explained it.
Went to therapy for a while, got medicated for ADHD.
I don't not get angry but when I do, I able to stop myself before I do something I'd otherwise regret.
The thing I also didn't realize about my anger was that it was starting to avalanche, I would get angry at losing a game for example, then scream, then get angry at myself because I was screaming and ruining a fun time, then get angry that I was ruining the fun time of a friend...ect ect...
Once I was able to think clearly before reacting, I was able to stop the anger before it ever really got anywhere. I was able to say "hey, it's just a game, it's fine."
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u/GloriousGe0rge May 30 '17 edited May 30 '17
I've already had a massive post about this before, but when I was diagnosed with ADD I had no idea how much of my life it was affecting.
Until I saw this video about 3 years ago, it shook me to my core, everything he said lined up and made sense now. I used to go by the name BallisticGe0rge because of my short temper. I always thought that was just who I was, but this explained it.
Edit - Here's the entire series of his presentation, anyone dealing with ADHD should definitely watch it.