Check this out: ADHD ‘queue jumpers’ spark debate
What do you think of that? Present documentation that you have ADHD and you can skip the rest of the line because the amusement park doesn’t want you to experience any negative symptoms.
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has a shipping weight of 3.7 pounds. I wonder what other illnesses get preferential treatment?
I see a lot of ADHD in the workplace. Hell, I experience it myself. You ever check your email, then check it again only to realize you’ve just checked it? Or have you ever been unable to concentrate because you’re waiting for an important email?
A lot of this lies within in our control, if we choose to experience the negative side effects while we attempt to control it. But patience is not an American virtue.
When I first started exercising, it was NOT for health. It was to look big and cut, like the guys in the magazine. And there wasn’t a supplement I could afford that I wouldn’t take to get there. That way resulted in a lot of injuries and pain.
The irony is, I workout less now, weigh less, and I’m stronger. And more cut. Yet that isn’t my concern at all, it’s only one of those things that funny in an ironical way.
The secret was restraint. My nervous system only needed so much stimulation, and too much burned it out, frayed it, so it didn’t function properly.
There’s a lot of ADHD in the way people train. Oh! I’ll do a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and ooooo did you see the new machine over there? I’ll try that, too.
That’s fine, but not strategic. And it’s not doing your sense of self-discipline any good. Nor your sense of patience. It’s certainly not helping your ADHD, just as the BBC article points out. Feeding the problem is not going to make it go away.
Sometimes all that is needed is a little patient restraint while you keep the bigger picture in mind. You know, the “holy shit I am experiencing life on a planet revolving around the sun at 66,034 mph” variety.
Any time I’m worried about an email, or something happening in my personal life, I hope that my mind is smart enough to conjure up that thought so I chill out. I hope yours does, too, especially if you’re in line at an amusement park contemplating using your free pass.
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