Motivational and inspirational writer, Bryan Hutchinson is the author of several books about life with ADHD including the highly acclaimed, best selling "One Boy′s Struggle: A Memoir" and the author of the hilarious eBook that went viral "10 Things I Hate about ADHD"

01 My Thoughts

Diagnosis of ADD ADHD brings forgiveness and understanding

Diagnosis of ADD ADHD brings forgiveness and understanding
on: May 25, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 3 Comments ...

From time to time someone writes me and asks why many adults with ADHD find the diagnosis liberating. The first thing to understand about diagnosis is that it helps explain our often confounding and misunderstood behaviors. We tend to do things which we know are not helpful and can be disruptive. Once we understand the why’s behind our actions and why some people react to us in certain ways it opens the path for us to forgive ourselves and learn to be less hard on ourselves. Knowledge is power in everything in life. The more we know about ADD ADHD, the better we can cope and modify our behavior. Not knowing why or how or what the heck is going on, especially when we repeat things over and over again drives us up the wall, creating emotional distress and quite often low self-esteem and depression. Not everyone finds the diagnosis […]

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Today’s my Birthday!!!

Today’s my Birthday!!!
on: May 21, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 2 Comments ...

I was born on May 21st 1969, today 39 years ago. Oh my, that is so hard to believe, 39 years. How time flies. Normally I dread my birthday, because it usually means that another year has passed and I have not accomplished anything that I wanted to accomplish. Not so this year, this year I can look back over the past year and know I set out to do certain things and have accomplished them! That’s a great feeling, you know, accomplishing things. Not just talking about them or wishing for them, but doing them, making them happen, creating reality. Why did it take me so long? That’s not so easy to explain. I have always felt like I should be doing ‘something’, but I could never place my finger on exactly what I should be doing. It seems to me that I was reaching for something and I […]

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The Shame Game

The Shame Game
on: May 14, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 2 Comments ...

  Have you ever heard of the Shame Game? It is an easy game, I used to play it a lot and I won a lot. Actually the Shame Game is a very difficult game to lose and is a very easy game to win. The Shame Game only requires a few things and if you can master those things, you will win: Negative Self Talk Pessimistic Attitude Say, Think, Express and have others join you in Saying, Thinking and Expressing anything and everything negative about who you are and the nature of who you are. Basically anything self critical and negative helps you gain points in the Shame Game. Like I said, the Shame Game is an easy game to play, but winning it does not bring happiness or achievement. It is one of the few games that when you play to win, you will ultimately lose.  

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Join me on ADDer World an ADHD Social Network

Join me on ADDer World an ADHD Social Network
on: May 10, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

Hi everyone, a couple days ago I finally opened a new site for ADDer World. It’s a place you can join and meet new people who have ADHD or a relation to ADHD in some way. On ADDer World, the social network, you will be able to create your own blogs, forums and post pictures, videos and get to know others who have a relation to ADHD in some way. Another wonderful aspect of joining ADDer World, the social network, is that members can create groups and therefore use ADDer World as a meeting place for friends and family. There is no charge for joining and being a member of ADDer World, all you have to do is sign up and a page, which you can modify with your content, will automatically be created for you. It is my hope that we can build ADDer World into a fantastic place […]

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Nothing and Nobody is Perfect

Nothing and Nobody is Perfect
on: May 3, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 2 Comments ...

Today’s world is obsessed with perfection. We have editors for everything and that way anything created can be perfected to the point one almost believes a machine was the original creator. Dot your I’s and cross your T’s. The world wants things perfect, so much so that flaws and raw reality have become unacceptable and room for error is so narrow, one must wonder if it even exists anymore. Perfection has become such an obsession that humans have gone to great lengths to even fix things created in past centuries, what was once marveled at and cherished for hundreds or thousands of years, just the way it was, is no longer acceptable. Is this really advancement? I don’t think so, but medication might be able to fix this and remove any flaws in our understanding of perfection. The world has changed and you better change with it. What you write, what you […]

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ADHD and The Color of Money – Tom Cruise and Paul Newman

ADHD and The Color of Money – Tom Cruise and Paul Newman
on: May 1, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

  “You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains and you gotta have balls. Now, you got too much of one and not enough of the other.” Paul Newman spoken as Fast Eddie One of the most appealing things about the movie “The Color of Money” is that the story is familiar to a great deal of people. You don’t have to have ADHD to have lived through identity crises or not be appreciated for your talents and you don’t have to have ADHD to be lost or unaware of certain things. The world has changed a lot in the last hundred years and people from all walks of life must put aside their inner desires to make their way through designed systems. Most people do fine with the designed systems in place and that’s why those systems will not change much, and those systems are not […]

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Credibility – Can be an issue for Adults with ADHD

Credibility – Can be an issue for Adults with ADHD
on: April 30, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

  One of the biggest problems facing many adults with ADHD is credibility. Credibility is probably the single most important factor in becoming successful, no matter what the occupation or area. Talent, knowledge and ability are very important, but you can be overflowing with all of that and still not have a good reputation. Credibility is a part of reputation and it is more than reputation. Punctuality, performance, skill and creativity, talent, communication and reputation are all parts that create a person’s credibility level. If you look at anyone with or without ADHD who becomes successful they all have one thing in common, no matter if they are liked or disliked, and that is credibility. Some with ADHD believe that self-employment is the answer; however, credibility is actually additionally decisive when self employed. Credibility doesn’t have to do with rules. It has more to do with promises. If you have talent, […]

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Think Outside The Box

Think Outside The Box
on: April 29, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

  Young adults with ADHD are described in many ways and here are some of the most common: Naïve, stubborn, immature, wet behind the ears, green, lazy, and flakey, stupid or dumb and there are some other condescending terms which are supposed to be positive, but because of the already mentioned terms, these following are not always intended to be positive: insightful, bright, go-getter and has potential – these terms are usually positive; however, when using them to refer to someone with ADHD they usually are followed by, ‘but if he or she could just get their act together’. Is ADHD caused by the food we eat? You know the additives and stuff. Is it cause by antibiotics or is it caused by heavy metals? In the last year I have had the opportunity to talk to a lot of people with ADHD and those who treat ADHD and it […]

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A Natural Born Pool Hustler – Thanks to ADHD!

A Natural Born Pool Hustler – Thanks to ADHD!
on: April 28, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 6 Comments , , , , ...

  For those of you who have been asking me for pool stories I am going to deliver, finally. I am going to reveal my secrets and be a bit more frank about my pool playing days and I warn this particular article could probably be used as a partial blue print for hustling pool, but keep in mind successful hustlers are actually very good players and many of them could be pros if they so desired. Real pool sharks down-play their abilities and the want-to-be’s usually vocally up play their abilities. You always know a loser if he or she claims to be good at pool openly. That may seem contradictory since I am talking about my days playing pool, but trust me by the end of this article you will understand what I am talking about. Unfortunately, pool hustling is the perfect fit for someone with ADHD. I […]

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Give my book away!

Give my book away!
on: April 28, 2008 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

That’s right. Well, at least loan it out. If you have read my book and your copy is sitting around somewhere, please take it with you on your travels today and give it to someone. If your a parent, take it with you to your child’s school and give it to a teacher or another parent. If you have ADHD, please consider passing it on to someone you know with ADHD. If you read it and you have no connection to ADHD, but relate to the book of a misunderstood and confused child, please pass it on to anyone who you think may read it. And, ask the people you pass it on to, to also, please pass it on to others. Please, take a moment today, or sometime this week, to pass on my book to someone you know who would be interested and caring enough to pass it on too. Thank you, Bryan 

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