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| Amy2838 |
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Intuition and ADD
I've been struggling in my life lately, and I've been trying to get to the bottom of WHY. After doing a lot of reading and a lot of mental wheel-turning (things I usually turn to when I can't find any answers) I think I'm beginning to see a connection between "human intuition" and ADD. At least for me personally. So I wanted to ask if anybody else would confirm this for me. Let me try to explain my idea. Human intuition is like that "gut feeling" that lets you know you're making the right decision. Or the tingly sensation that tips you off when there might be danger. It's the uneasy feeling when you're around someone who makes you uncomfortable. It's what happens when things "just work out" coincidentally. It is something humans rely on heavily for "non-verbal" interactions, besides facial expressions and body language. It helps provide a sense of direction, and a sense of purpose much of the time. I've heard about and read about this phenomenon plenty, but actually I don't have much experience with this “6th sense” that is supposed to be a basic part of human life. No, I’m not talking about psychic abilities or ESP… I’m talking about the basic ability to pick up on things that other people obviously have the ability to pick up on. So how does this relate to ADD? It seems as if this lack of intuition corresponds with many of the common problems faced by people with ADD. Not the hyperactivity, or impulse control. Mostly the problems having to do with functioning in everyday life, executive functioning, decision-making, and social interaction. Without the ability to get “gut feelings” I am constantly struggling to make even the simplest of decisions. Not to mention the more difficlut life-altering decisions like switching careers or moving to a new town. Without intuition, I’m left with pure logic, which strands me in an endless feedback loop of pros and cons. I don’t get any “feeling” that one decision is better than another, so I have to analyze and over-analyze until I nearly drown myself in facts and information. It is very difficult to make a decision on facts alone, believe it or not! Without intuition, social interactions become extremely difficult and awkward. I think most people with ADD claim to have difficulty in social situations, staying in relationships, or keeping friends. Intuition allows one to “pick up” on the subtle energy of others and react to them accordingly. When we don’t react to others in an appropriate manner, we are rejected as being self-centered, spastic, rude, or just plain weird. I could go on and on about social interactions, but you get the idea. As for coincidence…Most “normal” people occasionally say things like “Wow! I just happened to call them up the day before they put the house on the market, and we got the house at an incredible deal. It’s just the type of home we were looking for, in a great neighborhood. It couldn’t have worked out better.” But I always seem to be a day late and a dollar short, no matter what the situation. It seems like life doesn’t just throw up road blocks and dead ends… it slashes my tires and steals my money! Trying to go back to school in an attempt to get my life going in a new career direction has been similar to going through a paddling line in a really screwed up fraternaty. I HAVE to move in the next month, and looking for a house has been similarly painful and frustrating. Everything seems to be such a struggle. I wish SOMETHING would just work out just once. This has turned out to be more of a blog than a message board post. I felt like it needed a bit of explanation. I haven’t been able to find anything out there that broaches this subject. There certainly doesn’t seem to be any scientific research. You can’t exactly prove, measure, or compare peoples’ intuition levels!!! Anyway, I just wondered if anybody else was having the same issues with intuition. Also, if you know of any books that make a connection between intuition and ADD, please let me know. I’d love to read up on it, especially if there’s anything that can be done to improve one’s “6th sense.” Thanks! |
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| elleatnola |
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I cannot say that I found a book with ADD & Intuition but I have experienced it. After experiencing it, I decided to follow up and found the perfect book. It is called the "Power of the Flow. I picked it up and started reading, within the weeks there were clear messages hidden in bus signs, magazine headlines... I was very unhappy with a person at my job, she was making trouble for me. I looked at the magazine cover and it was a cartoon... I looked at the message and knew the best thing for me to do was resign.
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| katydid |
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Most intuition is not psychic phenomenon, but the quickly formed judgement of a situation based on past experience. Since I tend to miss social cues,I don't get the "whole picture" burned into my memory and since I often forget experiences (and movies, books I've read etc.) I think perhaps my ability to recall things -because I can't remember the details of doing them before although I know I did- makes it hard to get that "deja-vu" feeling. |
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3 Jul 2009 @ 9:56 PM
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| ADD RN |
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I found that being ADD help me be more intituitive
I guess it may because being ADHD I have always have been very impulsive in my thinking and go from A to z skipping something like e-s if it takes too long. I have always gone on my gut reaction and never question what information I was picking up this always served me so I never ever got in to trouble I have a friend the song that Glen Campbell sung about knowing when to get out seems to fit me. I would always leave just before the police or an adult would show up. I just got a feeling and left. I also know if it get it in a dream to pay attention to the information. If it doesn't feel right it not. I trust those gut reactions and only once ignored it > I never would ignore it again. I think also being ADD/ADHD I studied most people and their reactions so I learned very early how to read them , I think also feeling many time looking in I instinctively learned what people would be thinking or daydreaming helped. I have taught my daughter to always listen to that inner voice and believe if you take the time to listen to that inner voice it will always serve us well. I have met people I have taken a immediate dislike too and they always proved to be lack of a better word "evil" and other I am connected to psychically and know what happening to them without being in their physical reach. I just think you need to believe we are all intuitive and go with it. Don't question it. There is no such thing as consequences so if it seems like one see what the message is to learned and acted on. |
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4 Jul 2009 @ 6:02 AM
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Is the lack of intuition not due to ADD people tending to have less self-talk??? I'd really appreciate a reply from someone in the know! |
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6 Jul 2009 @ 5:11 PM
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Well, after a looking at intuition from a few different angles, I tend to think its the ability to make snap decisions based on past observations of an undetermined (& sometimes random) nature. It's not necessarily making choices according to linear observations. In the past I guess I thought I was working from my intuition, but in hindsight, knowing that I'd been filtering everything through ADHD & Depression, I know that my intuition is/was skewed. It lead me to weird choices in career, relationships, etc. So, to me, intuition is not absolute but relative to my current state in life. Can it be improved? I think simple meditation helps. Adderall & Provigil might help, but in conjunction with the meds, it might be good to see & understand how ADHD distorts your view of things. I have a book called 'Intuition' by Judee Gee (published by Weiser). It's not exactly new-agey. No mention of ADHD. That book 'Flow' is quite good, but doesnt address ADHD. I think some Philip K Dick books address some fraction of this mindset, sidelong, in books like 'Scanner Darkly' or 'Three Stigmata...', but in his case drugs are the destructive force. Feels the same though. |
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Intuition and ADD
Intuition is just one of the many "gifts" of having ADD. It can often be very helpful to have a strong intuition when trying to fill in the blanks of what one has missed due to auditory processing delays. One must be open to and cultivate this " 6 th sense ". I find that those of us who have it, are often drawn together. It feels like a sense of understanding without having to fully explain things to another person. You " just seem to know" I hope this helps in some way.
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23 Nov 2009 @ 11:42 AM
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| Amy2838 |
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This might explain it.
Thanks, but I was actually saying that I "don't" have intuition. But, I have recently discovered that I may have a condition known as Asperger's Syndrome. It affects a person's ability to "pick up" on social cues and intuitively know what's going on in a given situation. It does not affect one's intelligence, but it does have certain symptoms that resemble ADD because of sensitivies to sensory input. I probably still have ADD, but I think that a lot of my problems are due to the Asperger's. I JUST found this out, so I'm still learning about this syndrome. It's usually not recognized in adults, and rarely in women (because adults... and women in particular... have learned coping skills to mask the symptoms) but if I can raise awareness, maybe it will help somebody else who is struggling and doesn't know why. |
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