I had my therapist test me for ADD today

How do they test for that?

How do they test for that?

I took two tests. One was a test where you pressed the space bar on a computer every time you saw a letter flash on the screen, except you're not supposed to press the space bar when you see an X. The other was a questionaire about how easily you get distracted or avoidant in certain situations.

One was a test where you pressed the space bar on a computer every time you saw a letter flash on the screen, except you're not supposed to press the space bar when you see an X.

I did that test! And a bunch of other things with flashing colored blocks and remembering words and all kinds of shit. It was really fun, and one of the words was "coffee", and I TOTALLY FLUNKED IT.

The other was a questionaire about how easily you get distracted or avoidant in certain situations.

They should see the lengths I'll go to to avoid calling people on the phone.

I did that test!

I hated it. It was boring and took too long. I was joking with my therapist that the real test was that you could tell you have ADD when you get too bored pressing the space bar and just wander away.

How do they test for that?

See, I thought they'd do something like have you watch a Ken Burns documentary while dangling a quarter just visible out of the corner of your eye and time how long it would take you to go "Ooh, shiny!"

See, I thought they'd do something like have you watch a Ken Burns documentary while dangling a quarter just visible out of the corner of your eye and time how long it would take you to go "Ooh, shiny!"

We did have a conversation that included "shiny" and "ferret brained" which was oddly buffista-like in nature.

yay for diagnosis

good for making phone calls!

Here is the deal with house buying. We bought a house in a neighborhood that I never want to leave. So my plan is to stay here forever. And slowly do the stuff we want to do in order to improve the house. some small projects, some big projects. I like doing them as long as I get some breaks from the chaos. I admit that at the moment there are some day to day money things that get to me. However, if we had to sell under desperate terms - we could sell at the low end of what our house is worth and have enough money here for a year - two years in a lot of other places. I feel blessed.

I think shiny and ferret-brained should be used more often in combination.

I am being a responsible homeowner and avoiding taming the jungle that is know as my yard. I might have to take before and after pictures to reward myself.

I hardly recognize beth's posts now that she's got spellcheck.