The Battle With ADD Boggle
By Dana Rayburn, Adult ADD Coach

ADDed Success is ADD Coach Dana Rayburn's monthly newsletter about living
successfully with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD / ADHD).

Welcome to ADDed Success!

Isn’t boggle a great word? Too bad it’s not a great feeling; yet it’s a feeling adults
with ADD know all too well.

The word boggle perfectly describes extreme ADD overwhelm, that state where
your brain gets so overloaded you nearly shutdown and can’t function.

When you boggle the tiniest actions and decisions become impossible, you get
anxious or you become extra scattered.

Often boggle occurs in situations where you've a jumble of daunting tasks to do
such as paying the bills or preparing for a vacation.

Boggle can also show up when your surroundings are over-stimulating and when
numerous demands are made on you at one time.

I have found you need to manage Boggle. Here are some ideas.

Ask yourself what situations cause you to boggle so you can be aware and
prepared. This will let you create ways to do the boggle causing tasks so they
don’t send you into total overwhelm.

Furthermore, develop strategies for when you do boggle. You can’t always avoid it
so you better know what to do when it happens.

When boggle strikes temporarily get away from the situation and take deep
breaths. Once your brain settles down assess what's going on and determine how
you can regain control.

As with so many adult ADD challenges becoming aware of how boggle effects your
life and then devising a plan for handling it is key.

Boggle won’t go away, but you can certainly learn to live with it more easily.

The Last Word
Like many adults with ADD I dread grocery shopping. But what really used to
make me boggle was putting all those groceries away after I got home.

Thankfully I figured out a way to manage my boggle.

In the olden days I would lug the bags in from the car and pile everything onto the
kitchen counter. One look at the jumble would short-circuit my brain.

I've learned that by emptying one grocery bag at a time and putting things away
as I go I can avoid ADD overwhelm.

One of the many ways I keep boggle at bay.

To Your ADDed Success,
Dana

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