Do you wake up every morning in a great mood and immediately start wanting to talk about all of your great ADD-induced ideas? Are you full of energy and ready to leap from the starting blocks? Many of us with ADD are.
But maybe your partner isn’t quite so lively in the morning. Does he or she wake up in a quiet mood? It’s not that they don’t like mornings, but maybe they’re just not ready to hear about the exciting ideas you have planned, until he or she’s had coffee.
You can look at this situation and find the disadvantage in this, which is that your ADD has you talking and talking in the morning, while your linear partner just wants you to shut up for a few minutes. The bright side of the ADD-linear equation is that you’re usually in a good mood.
On the other hand, you can look at the negative in the way your partner wakes up in the morning and say, You wake up sounding grumpy. Or, you can see the positive side to this and say, My partner wakes up not talking. That means he or shes there to hear my ideas. Most ADD people love a good listener.
But if your partner’s behavior is irritating to you, look at that...