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Declutter Action Group at Virtual, Web Program
May 11, 2010 at 9:30am to July 20, 2010 at 12pm
Join ADHD Coach Becca Colao to carve out some time to take action on that clutter with this web-based group. Dates through July are now set and we'd love to have you!
Tuesday 9:30 ET support chat with Becca at virtual
July 14, 2009 from 9:30am to 10am
Join ADHD Coach Becca Colao on Tuesday mornings from 9:30-10 AM ET, along with other women with ADHD to chat online. Login and click on 'chat' in the lower right hand corner of your browser and start the day right!
Declutter Action Group at Virtual, Web Program
May 11, 2010 at 9:30am to July 20, 2010 at 12pm
Join ADHD Coach Becca Colao to carve out some time to take action on that clutter with this web-based group. Dates through July are now set and we'd love to have you!
Declutter Action Group at Virtual, Web Program
May 11, 2010 at 9:30am to July 20, 2010 at 12pm
Join ADHD Coach Becca Colao to carve out some time to take action on that clutter with this web-based group. Dates through July are now set and we'd love to have you!
Declutter Action Group at Virtual, Web Program
May 11, 2010 at 9:30am to July 20, 2010 at 12pm
Join ADHD Coach Becca Colao to carve out some time to take action on that clutter with this web-based group. Dates through July are now set and we'd love to have you!
Declutter Action Group at Virtual, Web Program
May 11, 2010 at 9:30am to July 20, 2010 at 12pm
Join ADHD Coach Becca Colao to carve out some time to take action on that clutter with this web-based group. Dates through July are now set and we'd love to have you!
We do actually have people who come while they are working- to do work-related projects (filing/getting through emails/etc). I know that isn't possible, or relevant, for everyone. We may try other hours at some point, thanks for your input.
Great idea for a action group, unfortunetly I work full time and cannot attend.
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Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 10:06am on December 8, 2009,
Karen L said… - Becca - Hope you are doing well with the new baby. We miss you here. Tuesday morning chat has all but fizzled. I must admit, I forgot this morning. Come back soon! :)
- At 9:00am on November 03, 2009, Jenca gave Becca Colao a gift…
- At 4:47pm on June 25, 2009,
Nancy said… - I'd like to participate but I live on the west coast and I am either at work at the time of the call or in bed. Thanks for inviting me to join tho.
- At 11:07am on June 16, 2009,
Brenda Keller said… - Great! Thanks :-)
- At 11:03am on June 16, 2009,
Brenda Keller said…
- Hi Becca, I missed the chat since I did not see the email until this morning. Is there an ongoing chat schedule so I can plan to attend? Thanks :-)
- At 1:39pm on May 5, 2009,
Jenca said…
- You're welcome on the feedback ... as far as people being skittish when I mentioned having DID I really didn't pickup any huge cringines from anyone ... it was more or less glazed over which is cool ... I was mainly just using that as an example of the kind of stigma I've faced ... kind of a comparison to what I've seen so far with letting people know I have been diagnosed with ADHD. Stigma is there in many aspects of life when you have any kind of mental illness, but I think when you've been diagnosed with two controversial things like I have it's kind of a deal where I find myself picking the lesser of two evils to explain why I have the need for Tippy. Since panic attacks are more accepted by the general public ... or maybe understood ... I use panic attacks a s a brief explenation as to why I have Tippy , but her job goes beyond panic attacks it's just an easier thing for people to wrap their head around then DID is.
I really had to laugh though during the chat when you commented that pepole with ADHD often have symptoms of PTSD or something along those lines. Not that i found it amusing, but my thought was along the lines of yep she's got me pegged.
I think part of the reason it took so long for me to be diagnosed was that my DID symptoms were really flared from the time I was in my early 20's until about 3 years ago. During that time I think my daydreaming was interpreted as dissociative episodes, and because of the switching between personalities it was probably tough for my docto or any other professional I was working with to figure out exactly what my symptoms were since every personality had it's own laundry list of symptoms it was tough to figure out wich ones went with me the core personality ... since I got the DID stuff under control and the symptoms seem to be in a kind of remission for lack of a better word, it's cleared things up so the doctors can see who I am without the layers of other personalities to wade through.
I was also a very angry teen and wasn't overly coopertive with anyone so that too probably created a delay .. not to mention when I was in elementary school at the age where most kids are diagnosed with ADHD these days, ADHD was thought to be a primarily male disorder and since I wasn't acting out or hyperactive in nature in their minds I had to be lazy or unmotivated or any number of things they labeld me as since they didn't know what to do with me. There was also a lot of abuse from my dad at home so I think that further complicated things when it came to diagnosing me with ADHD ... I have a younger sister who has ADHD and leans towards being more hyper ...and I have a younger brother who has ADHD but is more of a mix between inattentive and hyperactive ... he seems to be very impulsive more then anything from what I can tell. My Mom suspected for years that I might have ADHD but nobody would consider it a possibility for a diagnosis at that time ... the flack I got was bad there was no place that I really considered to be a safe haven home I had my abusive dad, and at school I got teased and tormented beyond belief by my peers I felt like I was an outcast of the ocasts if that's possible. So there are a lot of reasons why I wasn't diagnosed until recently, but as was mentioned in the chat it really is kind of liberating to feel like someone finally figured out what to do with me despite my quirks as I call them.
- At 11:24am on May 5, 2009,
Jenca said…
- I thought there were some good things mentioned like how getting diagnosed can be a sort of starting point or revelation in being able to learn to manage symptoms..... I wanted to say that I understand stigma all too well because of having DID people seem to cringe and assume that I've got at least one personality that would be considered to be equivalent to an axe murdered ... this couldn't be further from the truth ... but with my new diagnosis of ADHD I've found mixed responses to it as well my MH caseworker tried telling me that my "daydreaming" was normal ... but when it comes to the chatty discussions, I think the thing that resonated with me the most was that my quirks are normal for at least a portion of the population now I just need to figure out how to get my quirks to be useful to the greater part of society ... I'm a firm believer in building on ones' strengths, and that's pretty much my approach to managing symtoms that was briefly mentioned at one point by someone else so it was confirmation of what I was formulating as far as an approach to how to deal with my new label.
Even though there wasn't a lot of depth and everything was pretty much srface kinds of discussion, I did find it helpful in what might be obscure kind of ways, but it was helpful just the same :)
- At 11:07am on May 5, 2009,
Jenca said…
- I had no clue what to expect ... I've gotten so use to the format for teleconferences on ADDclasses.com that I think I was spoiled a bit by the formality there ... I enjoyed the chat though I felt like I was lagging behind somehow, but it's been years since I used a chat room so I need to get my rhythem back again and work on twitter length responses or shorter ... my college comp professor said my biggest problem with writing was thaT I was too "wordy" too bad I didn't have twitter to train myself with years ago :)
- At 8:04pm on January 10, 2009,
Tara McGillicuddy said… - Welcome!!!!
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