Here's To Not Catching Our Hair On Fire: An Absent-Minded Tale Of Life With Giftedness And Attention Deficit - Oh Look! A Chicken! (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
At times we all may feel as if we have Attention Deficit Disorder. The author very honestly tells about her life being gifted and having ADD. It is at times hilariously funny yet terribly sad. I have focus issues possibly related to menopause...I get horribly frustrated when I can't remember what I was saying or where I was going or what I am doing in a certain room. Living with ADD would be like having a too much noise in your head. As an adult with ADHD, I loved reading this book! I could really relate to many of Stacey's experiences, such as switching jobs a lot, being forgetful, and having difficulty with subtle social skills like the expectation that when someone is crying you should hug them. (Spontaneously hugging someone who is neither a child or a pet goes against my nature, so it usually never occurs to me to try and comfort someone that way!) People who DON'T have ADHD may sometimes be confused while reading this book, because it tends to jump from topic to topic. This is a lot like how my own mind works. I can start out thinking about a particular TV show or a certain memory, and my brain just goes off on a string of somewhat related thoughts, until I am contemplating whether chipmunks eat grapes and I have no idea how I got there. The style of this book is a lot like someone having a conversation with you, or writing you a letter. By the time you finish, you will feel like Stacey is a personal friend of yours. So, whether or not you have ADHD, I think you should read this book!PS... After reading some of the other reviews, I wanted to warn you that the author does swear a lot. If this is traumatizing to you, you might want to skip it. ;)
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Awesome book that describes Adult ADHD in a fun and humorous way!
—Bama97chic
