Hello All,

I have not been on site, since I think I first joined. It is like I faced my acceptance of what ever it is that I am challenged with and jumped ship. I still don't understand my condition, as everyone around me diagnoses me as 'normal.' Whatever that is. I am 'present currently,' and it is my 'new years resolution to remain as such, but I have these wonderful resolutions all the time. Of which, they are short lived, and I revert back into the world of the detached. Is this a mental illness, is this the result of life experiences and a choice of how to cope, or what? Is it a choice or is it a condition?

It is kind of like I struggled with the meaning of god. I struggled because I did not know the attribute of this thing called god. I finally came to the conclusion that I don't need to know, but to believe.

I handle and conduct myself in such a controled manner. People are oblivious to how crazy I feel on the inside when my mind cannot hold onto being present in the touch, the smell, the taste, the sounds of reality around me. Is this a mental illness or a survial of choice?

its nice to have you back wiiollow......an god is in the detels ofve life look an you might find...anyways ways lifes never easy that..with add adhd is no diffenct we work hard to find our way...rembers there others here doing just the same thing...we here 4 you as we know yu are for us.... happy new year may it be.... a fruitul year..

dorm

Do you always feel this way, or just most of the time/sometimes?

I find myself feeling detached from my own body oftentimes, but not always... almost like the world is fuzzy and far away, like I'm looking through a backwards magnifying glass and struggling to not just fall into unconsciousness.

Other days, I feel good, present in mind and body and able to think and interact normally. People I've asked say i don't appear different between days, but I notice my parents are more short with me when I'm like that, and I'm even more withdrawn than usual (and I'm 100% introvert on a normal day)...

I think it may actually have something to do with sleep, as I feel like that on days that I have interrupted sleep or oversleep to more than 8.5 hours... I usually wake up after 8.5 hours naturally.

YES I DO GET DOAYS LIKE THAT WHEN I FEEL.......>IAM 10PACSE BEHIND MY NORMAL BODY SO I KNOWS WHAT YOU MEAN TOTAL.......

NO EASYWAY AROUND IT

MINE ALSO HAPPENDS IF I HAVE A HIGH INTAKE OFVE E NUMBERS.....

DORM

Check out the symptoms of inattentive ADD. Thats kind've how I feel.

Read up on it. I like the approach of Lynn Wiess. Auther of Attention Deficit In Adults a different way of thinking.

Let me know what you think.

Geez...something else I have in common...I feel like this at least 50% of the time

I can relate. Someone can be talking directly to me and I do not hear them because my mind is somewhere else. Or if someone tells a joke it takes me a few minutes to "get it" therefore I am labeled air head. I am in college and get really good grades so I don't really understand that part of it. Maby it is because I want to do well. I'm not sure.