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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 22:14:56 GMT
I'm writing a book about the biological, psychological and environmental causes of overeating. It's groundbreaking and startling. My brain recognises patterns and I researched for years and came up with links that no one else has come up with.
I've been writing it for five years. Struggling and struggling with all the knowledge in my head but unable to get it in the right order.
I couldn't understand why I couldn't just write it. I'm a writer! I get paid to write.
Then along came ADHD and all became clear.
I will do it. The trouble is that the time it's taking me means that someone else is going to steal it or make the links themselves.
People pay me for my advice and one particular company has already sent six of its employees to me to directly and blatantly steal my ideas.
This sounds decidedly paranoid, I know, and a bit mad and unlikely. But it's the absolute truth.
Dx
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Post by andy12345 on May 24, 2010 16:16:41 GMT
When I get stressed I feel like eating more..... Of course, some nutrition issues may play a part and some people, due to polymorphisms, may even have an under of overproduction of (insert whatever.. here)
Good luck and don't tell anyone.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2010 19:54:27 GMT
I can relate to this as am an overeater myself and am looking forward to reading your book ! Let us know when you have finished it please ?
Blessings
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2010 21:35:48 GMT
When I get stressed I feel like eating more..... Of course, some nutrition issues may play a part and some people, due to polymorphisms, may even have an under of overproduction of (insert whatever.. here) Good luck and don't tell anyone. Hi Andy, One of the reasons why you want to eat more when you get stressed is that trying not to eat is stressful. The longer you try to cut down on food, the more stressful trying not to eat gets. So when you get more stress on top of that (like stuck in traffic or an argument or too much work or whatever) you're more stressed than someone who never has the thought: "I must cut down on food" because the two stresses are piled on top of each other (everyday stress + dieting stress = double stress). Your brain is very clever and it will try to get you back to a balanced, non stressed state and take the easiest route, which is to get you to eat. So you eat. And then the stress of trying not to eat is gone and your brain registers this as a lessening of the stress and voila, eating to relieve stress has become a learned response and you're driven to it automatically. There are other factors, of course, but a non-overeater, someone who never thinks: "I should cut down," or "I must eat less," doesn't have the double decker stress effect and so can take or leave food. Basically stress eating is a normal response to food restriction (whether that restriction is conscious - if you're on a diet - or unconscious - where you think you don't diet but you still do because dieting isn't easy to stop.) I know that this means that all the information and advice that's given at the moment that is supposed to combat obesity is having the opposite effect - and that's absolutely correct. That's why the more money is spent on diet products, foods and services, the more people overeat. That's why the figures don't match up. I hope this helps as an explanation. It's simplified, of course, and there's more to it than this but basically that's it. Dx
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2010 21:38:00 GMT
I can relate to this as am an overeater myself and am looking forward to reading your book ! Let us know when you have finished it please ? Blessings Hi Sheena, Thank you for the encouragement. I will post when I've finished it and if I need any guineapigs to read it before it's published, I'll let you know. Dx
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2010 16:43:19 GMT
It's exciting when you have an idea for a project and it's a niche that people haven't explored yet One thing you might want to try is allocating a few trusted friends to be your wing-monkeys, that is you e-mail a chapter as you finish it to them and they see how it reads, check for errors and stuff. More importantly, they also poke you to make sure you get on with it. Waiting to finish the book first leads to the danger that it may never get finished. Bit by bit means that progress can be made and regular constructive input may provide the stimulation you need to 'keep on at it'. Good luck, and let us know if you want us to gently poke you about it from time to time
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2010 21:10:41 GMT
I am intrigued by this book! I have had issues with eating since before I can remember (started when I was a toddler) and they have changed and morphed so much I couldn't even begin to categorise, from food phobias to starving myself to bingeing to all sorts of wierdness and control issues. My relationship with food is strained at best and after 3 years in therapy I'm still not anywhere near close to figuring it out! Let us know when that book is done! Good luck. X
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2010 4:40:15 GMT
Hi dandelion, I am new in the forum and I wonder how your book is going... If there's a way I can help you let me know. Maybe you want to let me knoe every day how you are going or something
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Post by mindthegap on Sept 28, 2010 8:23:33 GMT
That's so interesting. I've had weight problems since my early teens...was diagnosed with PCOS in my early 20's which I thought explained why I had such a hard time losing it. I go through phases of being totally focused to the point of obsession to lose some and everything else in my life falls by the wayside.Then when I reach the target and get on with my life the weight goes on and some. In recent years I've got to the point where I don;t think about it and I seem to have set at a weight.
Also, would this help explain why unlike all my friends who want to eat after drinking alcohol, I lose my appetite after a few glasses of wine? It stimulates the brain and has a calming effect? So intriguing, best of luck with the book.
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Post by Little Owl on Aug 6, 2012 8:35:51 GMT
Naturally with ADHD I have two ideas that may help. It will take me too long to give both, so I will amply an important technique for my ADHD. That is to try and bat one idea out of my mind so I can concentrate on the other.
But I don’t know which to choose. URGhh! A classic example of my follow through problems with ADHD. I will choose the easiest, another technique to employ.
Oops, I have to go and get dressed. Time is ticking and I haven’t finished this post. I’ve spent too long reading this site. Now more ideas will flow, not just for this post but ideas for my own writing. I will have to bat these ideas away too, just to get dressed. ADHD again.
Back finally.
With ADHD or other mental health disorder, if you are struggling, the advice is to get help.
Let’s say you are struggling with sequencing and organising your thoughts into chapters of similar size before life passes you by and someone else nicks your ideas. In this example, what you may need is an editor or secretary to sort the ideas for you.
I bet there are mum’s out there with skill in this arena who are seeking a part time job they can fit into child care i.e. not working in the summer holidays and during term time, working from 10-2pm.
They may be prepared to work at a cheaper rate than is normal for their skill level.
I once contacted a local nursery to ask if they know any parents in this position and they came up trumps. My child had gone to the nursery, they remembered me and were willing to help. I couldn’t afford much help but it was very useful for the time I had it.
Oh dear, I’m starting to write too much. I have to go back, edit, type in and actually post. I also want to put this in as a diary entry on addwise.org.uk, the adult ADHD site I am trying to create . Another battle with balancing ADHD and family life ensures, I really should go back and help get the children dressed and ready for the day out.
Done the edit by remaining in my bedroom, ignoring my duties to the family. Now I have to go downstairs and try to find time to type this in. This will annoy my husband who expects, quite reasonably, me to get on with family duties. My next battle continues.
In posting this article, I have won this battle so far, that is unusual.
My next battle is posting my article on AddWise.org.uk. Will I do that? I don’t normally manage.
You say “The trouble is that the time it's taking me means that someone else is going to steal it or make the links themselves.” Due to ADHD, time is passing me by as well, I sympathise.
Regards, Little Owl.
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