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Guest Blog: What is ADD/ADHD? by George Glade M.C.,M.N.,ARNP

What is ADD/ ADHD really?

ADD/ADHD first of all is poorly named.  People with ADD can pay attention.  They just have difficulty regulating it.  This can range from hyperfocus where a person looks up from their work and says, “where is everyone else and why is it dark outside”?  It can be losing countless hours on video games while homework sits waiting.  It can be taking the garbage out, seeing a weed, which needs to be pulled RIGHT NOW! You might even forget why you went outside in the first place.  Not everyone presents in exactly the same way.

ADD/ADHD …

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This is a Guest Blog, posted on May 6th, 2012 by Paul Gilmartin

The Power of Shame & Secrets by Paul Gilmartin

The Power of Shame and Secrets

I’m in a funk.   I don’t want help.    I don’t want the healthy solution.   I want the unhealthy distraction.

I want some fucking excitement.

I’m sad.   Not suicidal.   Just flat.   Nebraska flat.

I felt so whole a while back and now I feel like a part of me is gone.   I don’t know what happened.   Am I doing something wrong or is it just my brain chemistry?   I haven’t changed my meds.

This is the part of depression that really fucking sucks.

I ACHE to get out of this feeling.    I can feel my …

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This is a Blog, posted on April 13th, 2012 by Paul Gilmartin

Guest Blog by Amy: Coping with the Rollercoaster

Yesterday, as I was driving home, I suddenly felt empty.

One would think that after a pleasant hour-long conversation with someone who inspires you would be enough to provide a good high for the next couple of days.  But for someone with Borderline Personality Disorder and a long, troubled history with Bipolar Disorder, the highs can immediately turn to extreme lows within hours and in this case, within minutes from pulling out of the coffee shop’s parking lot.

The tools I was provided from years of individual and group therapy sessions didn’t seem to work.  But let’s be honest, once …

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This is a Guest Blog, posted on April 12th, 2012 by Paul Gilmartin

What it’s Like: To Be a Wreck – Guest blog by Naomi

 

What It’s Like: To Be A Wreck

 One stifling Midwestern afternoon last July, I was taking one of my breakdown drives: I couldn’t concentrate on music, podcasts, anything except the pressure cooker teetering atop my slumped shoulders. That air-conditioned bubble was the only place I wanted to be in that state of mind. Where else could I scream myself hoarse like a bottomless tea kettle and be sure that no one else would hear me wail? Once I had worn myself out, I noticed that a car had been tailing me for a few miles; he refused to …

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This is a Guest Blog, posted on March 24th, 2012 by Paul Gilmartin

The Ego’s House of Cards

I mentioned in a previous blog that there was a time in my career when I thought if I could get my face on a billboard on Sunset Blvd. I would know I had officially made it in show business.

Before I had a t.v. show, Sunset Blvd. was like a candy store and I was looking through the window.  I could almost taste the candy.    It looked so fantastic to be that person on the billboard – huge – everyone looking up at you.   I was absolutely convinced there must be no greater feeling in the world than to …

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This is a Blog, posted on November 23rd, 2011 by Paul Gilmartin