the WWWM disorder is very common is our cultur today. now i know what your thinking "if its so common then why havent i heard of it" well ill tell you. its because its been kept secret from you but i will enlighten you and hopfully help you move along with your life alot easier. a lot of us here with ADD all our lives have been told we are lazy, selfish, angry, and sometimes even criminal. So no wonder why there is a very large portion of the ADD community suffers from WWWM along with low self esteem. WWWM stands for Whats Wrong With Me. i know you have asked your self this before or at least have thought it sub conciously. well let me tell you something you have ADD and there is nothing wrong with you.. so you cant focus as much as others? so what you have more creativy then anyone with out ADD could ever have.


so you suck socially? cant get g/fs/b/fs? cant get good grades? cant find a job?

Good chances are you are suffering from WWWM disorder well let me tell you something else whenever you ask your self whats wrong with me chances are there is nothing wrong with you... truth be told you just need a new SKILL yes thats right thats all you need.. there is nothing wrong with you.. you want to get this part of life handled? well you will prob need a NEW SKILL to do it so once you find out what that SKILL is you can use it and see if it works and if not get a NEW SKILL until it does work there is nothing wrong with you. you just need a NEW SKILL to handle that area of your life :)


ex: suck at grocery shoping or going to the store to buy something yet you stand there for 45min trying to decide what to buy... you officialy are horrible at this (nothing wrong with you) SO you need a new SKILL

Skill: get a list and decide on what you want before you walk into the store and are bombarded by all the thoughts of "oh maby i should get that.. but yeah that one looks bigger.. hmm i wonder if that one tastes better.. what should i have for dinner" this way you will never be confused just walk in stick to the list and try to be as decisive as possible with little thought about what you are picking up just keep ur mind on something else as you walk through the store pickin up wuts on the list.

and BAM!!! you no longer suck at this thing that was once people would say yousuck at and you would say yeah there is something wrong with me man ADD can be a horrible chore BUT NOW you rock at GROCERY SHOPIN and it takes less time then most people congrats


w/e the problem in your life just keep workin out new skills until it is handled in the most productive efficiat BUT FUN WAY :) good luck

-REVZ

Your post was exactly what I needed to read today! I've been suffering from the WWWM disorder all day. I keep wondering why, even though I take Adderall, I still can't seem to put away the pile of laundry that's been on top of the empty dresser for 2 weeks (I think I'm just waiting until it gets transfered to the dirty pile). I guess no matter how hard I try or what meds I take, that pile, or any of the other piles around my apartment will never be interesting enough for me to care about. Nothing really is wrong with me, I just need a NEW SKILL! That said, I'm sure there are a lot more people in the world that can put away laundry than can write an epic poem about a schizophrenic guy in the park destroying his car and building an altar (the current subject of my hyperfocus).

My ex, like my fiance, used to complain about my piles and disorganization. Long after we had broken up, he told me that he felt envious of my ways because he always viewed me as "more evolved." He admitted to me that he wished he could be like me and become so enraptured in some artistic pursuit for days that he didn't care about anything else and that piles and disarray no longer concerned him.

The more I think of it, the more I believe that non-ADDers need some NEW SKILLS also. There's nothing wrong with them, just as there's nothing wrong with us, they just need the NEW SKILL of living in disarray, or the NEW SKILL of being patient when an ADDer tells them that they're going to buy milk at the store a block away and they disappear for 2 hours.

sometimes I sit and ask this question way way to much and then i really get inside of my self. that is not always a good thing for me. What I really need at that time is someway to get out my head and to focus on someting else.
truth be told you just need a new SKILL yes thats right thats all you need.. there is nothing wrong with you..
You know this is so true. and learning that new skill is just the thing that will get me out of my head. It will show that I can go forward and that I can succeed. thank you so much for this thread. it really helped me today.:)

BTW: I like your aviator

Right on! Nothing wrong with me - I do things my way, the way that works for me. What's the big deal about being organized?

I sometimes feel embarrassed about the mess in my "art studio", but artsy people just love it. My husband can't function with a mess. He has to have the kitchen counters perfectly clear before he can cook. I can just shove everything out of the way and make a space to work in. When it becomes too cumbersome, then I clean up. In fact, I feel like I'm accomplishing more when I leave a pile of stuff to clean up. And Mr. clean-as-you-go doesn't always clean as he goes, so maybe he is learning from me. ;)

There is nothing wrong with me it is my life that has ADD. . . . . . :p