ADD: Stress Is Much Worse For People With ADD

ADD: Stress Is Much Worse For People With ADD

Stress can be much more harmful to people with ADD. Because stress increases the level of distractibility in non-ADD people, imagine what it does to us! Avoid stress when you can, but there will be times when stress just happens.

Forces outside our bodies that weigh on us, cause us to become stressed. In the U. S., many of us get up, rush through breakfast, and run through intense, life-threatening traffic to get to a job that we don't enjoy. How sad. We put ourselves under enormous stress, even before the day begins! ADD people feel this stress much more because we already have to deal with the symptoms of ADD. Pile on some nasty stress and let it go on for a long period of time, and we're talking physical problems. Who needs that?

There are some simple ways to avoid stress. But let's classify it first. Stress comes in three ways--fleeting stress, life-altering stress, and ongoing stress from ongoing problems. The first kind of stress doesn't last. It comes from simple irritations like losing your keys or breaking your glasses. These stresses happen, you get over them, and you move on.

But life-altering stress is difficult for a little longer. It comes from major life changes, like having a baby, buying a house, or getting married. Though these are positive stresses, they're still hard to deal with for a while. Negative stresses, like divorce, death of a loved one, or losing a job last even longer and are harder on your body. But the worst kind of stress is the ongoing type, as when you're in a bad job situation or in a marriage that's not working. Stresses like these can have a big impact on your health.

So, you need to control the stresses that can be controlled. Like, if you detest watching violent movies and your significant other just loves them, instead of fighting over the television, go into another room and read a book or watch something else. You don't have to live by someone else's idea of entertainment, and you don't have to argue about it, either. And be sure that you don't compound your stresses. If you're having a baby, don't get a new puppy. Taking care of a pup is very stressful in itself, but add a new baby to the mix, and you've got all the stress you need. Don't do things like that to yourself.

One stress management technique that might be difficult for someone with ADD is doing one thing at a time. To help you plan your day, try Mark Joyner's Simpleology athttp://www.simpleology.com, a place where you can learn to plan your time and create a daily schedule. If your ADD attention span is just too short for that, decide what your attention span is and then, plan your day around doing things for 10 or 20 minutes at a time. Rotate your tasks and stay focused. You'll reduce your stress level because in that way, things will get done. You won't have all this guilt because you couldn't complete a project.

Stress is just unavoidable. You're going to have a certain level of stress no matter what, so when you can control stress, don't hesitate to do it! If a bad relationship is stressing you out, end it! Long-term stresses like that can be very, very harmful to your well-being. Control every stress you can, and you'll find that you have a much happier life.