Both my kids have ADHD. I always thought they inherited it from their father's side of the family, but recently, I find myself exhibiting the same symptoms as my children: losing my train of thought, blurting out random thoughts, being distracted by the slightest thing. So maybe I can't continue to blame this on their father.... that's okay, though, there's still plenty of other things I can nail him for.
But back to these brain glitches I've been experiencing. Let me give you a couple of examples. I'm in the middle of a conversation with a good friend. We're talking about, oh, say, her kids and their careers, their spouses, their dogs. A random thought about the website I wanted to check out pops into my head. A normal person would ignore this thought, or tuck it away in the memory bank to be pulled out later. But my brain is not acting normally, so I blurt out, in the middle of my friend's description of her children's dog-training woes, "I could Google it!" And the conversation screeches to a halt as we both try to digest what I've just said. Second example: I'm talking to my Pastor. I notice something uncomplimentary (say, for example, he has bad breath). Instead of keeping this observation to myself, I announce it to him (probably too loudly as well). "Hey, did you know you have really bad garlic breath?" When did the governor between my mouth and my brain get shut off?
I know you are all thinking this is an age thing. But I refuse to believe it's a sign of getting older. If I have to choose between senility and ADHD - between an old person's disease and a young person's disease - well, guess which one I pick?
So, it's up to you, dear Reader, am I off my beam?
