Anyone feel like that they are just a walking contradiction. For me, it seems like my entire personality is like that. For instance, one day I can be most shy and very timid, then the next day I will be a social butterfly who asserts himself in a postive way. I will wake up one day feeling very tired and drained, and the next day feeling like I could climb up Mount Everest.

Its especially bad at work. One day I can be so absent minded and unable to do even the simplest tasks, and the next day I can have a mind as sharp as a knife and able to do even the most complex tasks quickly and efficiently.

How in the hell can I get more consistancy in my life?

I usually get more inconsistent if I don't have any sleep or I'm under a lot of stress.

Is there anything you can think of which might be causing this?

@ BCdude,

i was immediately drawn to this thread, i think this constantly, a walking contradiction, some days i just wanna stay in bed and never get up, other days i wanna do so much, theres loads of other examples but i won't bore u with them.

i wanna become more organised so i try to go to sleep at regular times and try to plan my day (hardly ever stick to it though) but then i hate being predictible, i like a lil bit of chaos in my life just not too much.

i have no clue how to remedy this just thought i'ld let u know that ur not alone

Certainly not alone. I'm reading Sari Solden's book "Women With ADD" and am at the chapter now where she discusses being inconsistent. I know it always drove my family crazy. One moment I can do some amazing things and be creative, and an hour later I'm a basket case because I can't deal with something ordianary that others have no problem with at all. And of course it made me crazy that one moment my family was proud as peaches of me and an hour later they treated me like I was the village idiot.


I'm so please to say that my daughter is much more understanding of these strange swings I go through, but we are both still struggling to deal with my granddaughter when she has a hard time coping with ordinary stuff. It's very hard not to be impatient with my granddaughter . . . and with myself as well. http://www.addforums.com/forums/images/icons/icon9.gif

"The only thing I am consistent about is my inconsistency." -A quote from a book about ADHD, can't remember which. This describes me to a T

Wow... this is so me too. All of my friends are now never suprised when im inconsistent, crazy, or just blurt out things. I tell them, and they agreed, to that statement you have there chloe, ive described myself as that w/o ever read that book. Thats so me

ahah I took a survey in one of my classes the other day and it asked me to describe myself as social, timid, talkative, quiet, reserved...bla bla...I didnt know how to do it because it really depends on a lot of factors. Im not one type of person, Im many. Ive always had trouble describing myself to people, because Id constantly be saying "Im this, but Im also the opposite" with all my answers and they never could understand what I was talking about.
I see this kind of thing in everything in my life. I work in retail and sometimes all I wanna do is help customers, other days I dont want to see another living soul, at school sometimes Im social and I participate, other days I hide in the corner..
I even have 5 ENTIRELY different groups of friends that would never ever get along becuase they are soo different, but I fit into to each of those groups very well at different times.
I was always told as a kid that I change my personality with each different friend I hang around and that it was bad to fake myself to fit in. They were right and wrong, I act differently, but it's not fake, its still me. I didnt change anything, thats just a part of me other friends didn't match.
I think its goood and bad, because its not always easy to follow up on your changing moods/desires/traits..it keeps life interesting but at least if you're the same all the time you and those youre interacting with are used to it and can at least try to accomadate.

The only consistency is inconsistency...the only thing that never changes are the constant changes.....I don't see this as being a walking contradiction but as an ability to adapt to my mood vs. my environment!


Changing perception is as easy as changing attitudes! I see the same thing but very differently!

I even have 5 ENTIRELY different groups of friends that would never ever get along becuase they are soo different, but I fit into to each of those groups very well at different times.
I was always told as a kid that I change my personality with each different friend I hang around and that it was bad to fake myself to fit in. They were right and wrong, I act differently, but it's not fake, its still me. I didnt change anything, thats just a part of me other friends didn't match.
. I think that is a talent:p I am exactly the same..we are adapting to the different friendships:D

I feel like this a lot. I've got an avatar that has both walk and don't walk signals lit. I love it, but it's time has yet to come. I'm still lusting after tracyaddb's cool shot of the bug!
Cheers!