Things on my mind is that visiting my family, my brother recently was diagnosed with ADHD when he was seeing a therapist about his PTSD he developed after his service in the Army. Had to go to Iraq, which is rough.
But, he recently got diagnosed with ADHD, and he suspects my dad and I might have it because the disorder is highly genetic. I asked him for more information on it, and he told me to do some research and talk to my doctor and go from there. Learning about the disorder explains so much about mine, my brother's, and my dad's behavior.
We're all naturally very impulsive, easily distracted, we all have intrusive thoughts, we all have impatience and often speak out of turn, we all are emotionally impulsive, that is, easily annoyed and easily excitable, we all have no filter with behavior, thoughts, or emotions, we often forget to do important things and put them off until last minute, none of us handle stress very well, I only remain organized with help from my wife, friends, and family members, because I have a hard time keeping appointments I've made in mind, and all these little things build up into bigger issues that we've all dealt with, just myself, my brother, and my dad have a harder time handling stuff like that like other people can.
Needless to say, my anxiety that I know I have through talking with a therapist may actually be something deeper, because in the research I've conducted, it's actually quite rare to have plain ol' vanilla ADHD, it's often combined with other issues.
That said, one piece of advice that's firmly welded in my brain from my dad now makes so much more sense with this knowledge. He always told me to physically write down important details, dates, things you have to do, and appointments on paper, and I might have to start doing that, because I have a hard time keeping future dates or appointments I've made in mind, unless my brain finds it ultra important and hyperfixates on it.
So, my appointment is tomorrow. We'll see what happens.
