![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet, as I read the case studies, I began to think this psychiatrist had been "reading my mail." I was brought to tears on several occasions as the patients expressed feelings with which I had lived my entire life and accused themselves of the same psychological crimes that I had accused myself of whenever I stopped long enough to evaluate my life. But I still thought I was reading for someone else. One of those people had said, "I think you have ADD yourself" and gave me this book. Even when I started reading Driven to Distraction, I was reading it to become more familiar with what someone else was going through (actually, what several people I know and care about were going through) than reading it for myself. I even fostered a child with ADHD, diagnosed and medicated, such that I was aware of the problem, but never thought that I really had the condition. Although I have always joked with my students that I must be borderline ADD, I would never have diagnosed myself as actually suffering from the disorder. ![]()
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