Adults with ADHD
"My life is one long obstacle course with me as the chief obstacle." — Jack Parr
Image by hamperium from PixabayThis sums up my negative mind speak which has been dominating my life recently.
When I am feeling down I dwell on my personal obstacle course.
How I keep failing, saying and doing the wrong thing, being destructive instead of constructive, sabotaging relationships, eating badly, blah, blah, blah.
It brings to mind this this silly song we used to sing as children. Perhaps you remember it?
“Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I think I’ll go and eat some worms. Big fat juicy ones, tiny little skinny ones, see how they wriggle and squirm”.
OK I can’t remember the rest but just thinking about it makes me smile and gets me out of my misery funk. (When Dave and I used to travel South Africa, doing our courses and workshops, to pass the time I used to sing nursery rhymes to him as he insists he never learned them as a child.)
I have to remind myself that in between the bad choices in my convoluted obstacle course, I have come a long way.
- Written by: Pat Pughe-Parry