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Post by contrarymary on Nov 6, 2013 0:16:40 GMT
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Post by petra on Nov 6, 2013 1:01:21 GMT
Thought it was interesting he said something like 85% of his patients didn't wear or own a watch - I haven't worn one for years - I use my phone for the time which is usually misplaced.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 1:08:57 GMT
I force myself to wear one somedays but it does nothing for me. I think the face needs to be two colours max and the hands need to be high contrast.
Then I have to remember to look at it.
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Post by petra on Nov 6, 2013 1:13:41 GMT
You mean like a child's one
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Post by DKL - darkknightslover on Nov 6, 2013 8:03:07 GMT
I find it annoying to have one on my wrist. However I do have one on my filofax and on my jacket zip. I also have clocks everywhere in the house.
There is the added issue of when I'm doing clinical stuff I have to be "bare below the elbow" anyway, but would be wearing a fob watch as I won't be able to have the filofax on me :-(
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Post by Kathymel on Nov 6, 2013 8:18:22 GMT
I have a clock in every room in the house. They all say different times and one has been turned to the wall for 3 months cos it needs a new battery. The only one I trust is on my laptop. Of course, I'm always late.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 8:23:40 GMT
Clocks throughout the house?
*shudder*
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Post by Kathymel on Nov 6, 2013 8:36:02 GMT
Part of the reason is that, when I shut the shop, I had a load left over. I just hung them all over the house. They are all made out of driftwood, so it's as much because they're pretty as any usefulness they might have. Although, not having to go to a different room to see roughly how late I am saves time. If you see what I mean ...
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Post by computermandan on Nov 8, 2013 11:39:25 GMT
You know that's a funny thing - I haven't had a watch that I wear regularly for years. I do still have one - I wear it if we're going to someone's wedding or something smart like that - it doesn't work though, needed the battery changing 5 or 6 years ago and I never tell the time with it so I've never bothered!
most amusing it's not just me.
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Post by contrarymary on Nov 8, 2013 12:44:27 GMT
i haven't worn a watch for at least a dozen years. i have two in the house but they are without straps or batteries.
a couple of weeks ago when i was helping to run a conference i borrowed my daughter's watch and, perhaps because of the novelty of wearing one, i kept amazing time all day. (tho actually i didn't stop thinking about the time for much of the day, which wasn't very comfortable.)
since then altho she's left the watch with me i've only worn it when i've gone out of the house and find i either don't look at it or i look at it and don't take in what it says. in fact i think i see it more as decoration than tool, perhaps because it has lost its novelty value and doesn't demand my attention.
and perhaps that's why i used to wear watches with a face as wide as my wrist...? i think maybe i have to both love the watch and want to look at it in order to actually remember to use it to see the time... my first successful watch was a.....
and there i got distracted into looking for and finding the watches, researching online to find replacement straps without metal in them - i'm allergic to nickel - and deciding to fix one up and give it to my daughter for Christmas and fix the other one for me......
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Post by Clockwatcher on Nov 8, 2013 14:04:21 GMT
When a kid i tantrummed incessantly about wearing a watch because it irritated the hell out of me against my skin. Now I wear a watch and tend to either ignore it or look at it all the time - every few minutes. It's that internal bust clock syndrome!!
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Post by grim on Nov 8, 2013 19:31:43 GMT
Although i have no real grasp of the whole time thing i obsessively have to know the right time and have to check frequently....so i wear a solar powered,radio controlled,very hard to break watch (which also looks cool)
p.s the slideshow is excellent,i have bookmarked it for when people ask me "what's it like having adhd then?"
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Post by meepmeep on Nov 10, 2013 11:56:50 GMT
Wow, scarily similar to someone I know...Excellent stuff!
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Post by petra on Nov 10, 2013 13:11:12 GMT
I've just re-read through the slide show - it makes so much sense and rings true - but I don't seem to be able to remember this kind of information in my day to day life when I'm having adhd type struggles. I revert back to thinking I'm just doing/ am rubbish. I don't know why this is? Maybe I don't have a good enough understanding of adhd yet?
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Post by meepmeep on Nov 10, 2013 14:46:20 GMT
Petra, for me, I found evaluating my behaviour/actions is key to changing/adapting/coping. Luckily Concerta has had an excellent reaction on me, so for once in my life I have a clear mind... With it, I've came to realise a lot of the crap I use to do isn't considered normal in mainstream society, and from there onwards I'm building tools to cope/adapt/change my behaviour. Understanding ADHD definitely is a good thing, you tend to learn a lot about yourself, and from there onwards, you have something to work on once you realise how you exhibit these typical ADHD type traits.
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Post by grim on Nov 10, 2013 19:16:32 GMT
I've just re-read through the slide show - it makes so much sense and rings true - but I don't seem to be able to remember this kind of information in my day to day life when I'm having adhd type struggles. I revert back to thinking I'm just doing/ am rubbish. I don't know why this is? Maybe I don't have a good enough understanding of adhd yet?Maybe it's a conditioned response? If you have thought you were "just/am rubbish" for years and years it's going to take quite a leap of faith to allow yourself to accept fully that it isn't the case.
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Post by hypermic on Nov 14, 2013 17:25:39 GMT
Very interesting about the watches, haven't really ever had one for more than short periods. Always tend to break the bands.
My brother though, who is NOT ADHD, he always wears a watch...
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Post by petra on Nov 14, 2013 23:27:25 GMT
I've just re-read through the slide show - it makes so much sense and rings true - but I don't seem to be able to remember this kind of information in my day to day life when I'm having adhd type struggles. I revert back to thinking I'm just doing/ am rubbish. I don't know why this is? Maybe I don't have a good enough understanding of adhd yet?Maybe it's a conditioned response? If you have thought you were "just/am rubbish" for years and years it's going to take quite a leap of faith to allow yourself to accept fully that it isn't the case. I think you've hit the nail on the head here. I think I feel like I've read a few books on the subject, learnt a bit, am now bored of the whole concept and somehow think I should now be symptom free and able to live a normal life.....if only!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 23:34:23 GMT
I think the real problem is no one really knows anything about it apart from big pharma who are more inclined to re-badge stimulants from the days of black and white television than investigate the true causes.
*puts tin foil hat back in the kitchen*
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Post by petra on Nov 14, 2013 23:42:21 GMT
Am not following??? And what's with all these tin foil hats? Am feeling like I'm living in a different world atm. Or, maybe, I am actually going quite mad
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Post by meepmeep on Nov 15, 2013 1:24:30 GMT
Tin foil hat FTW.
Stops the damn government from stealing my brain waves.
*hits the crack pipe again
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Post by petra on Nov 15, 2013 1:30:57 GMT
Just had to google FTW.....I really think it's time I started smoking some of what you're smoking..
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Post by Kathymel on Nov 15, 2013 1:38:12 GMT
Me too. I just start wanting to make my own meanings up after a while.
Tin foil hat - for tinfoil weddings.
Tin foil hat - far too weak!
Tin foil hat - for training wombats.
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Post by petra on Nov 15, 2013 1:42:14 GMT
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Post by petra on Nov 15, 2013 1:59:59 GMT
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Post by petra on Nov 15, 2013 2:12:39 GMT
For those who don’t know Tin Foil Hat is Number 1 fashion accessory for unemployed conspiracy theorists around the world! It is made from kitchen aluminum foil or other pliable metallic substance, with the supposed purpose of shielding the wearer’s brain from mind control/surveillance by various supernatural or conspiratorial organizations. (urban dictionairy, wikipedia )
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Post by JJ not signed in on Nov 15, 2013 2:23:28 GMT
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Post by grim on Nov 15, 2013 19:52:44 GMT
Is that where the phrase "Pah! Foiled again!" comes from?
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Post by jan on Nov 15, 2013 20:46:48 GMT
been off here too long - quotes not working was gonna say thats not how i imagined you look like petra and grim - you got your head on right way round - hooray - and jj - is info about tin hat from wiki - or your sister ooo and forgot - reason i posted - just to say someone asked me the time the day before yesterday and i looked at my wrist to see - but i havnt worn or owned a watch for about 20 years !!!! weird
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Post by petra on Nov 16, 2013 2:41:47 GMT
was gonna say thats not how i imagined you look like petra I don't always sport the beard, but it is Movember and all, but yep, that's pretty much how I look
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