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"

Finding your Soulmate – The Magic and Risk of

Finding your Soulmate – The Magic and Risk of
on: June 12, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 15 Comments , , , , ...

Do you believe? Do you believe in the one, the only, that special someone? Is there such a thing as a soulmate for each of us? If so, is it possible to go a life time without ever finding your soulmate? Or, is it possible to meet your soulmate and not realize it, passing by as two ships in the dark night? In Paulo Coelho’s Brida, an exceptional novel about finding one’s soulmate, Coelho describes finding one’s soulmate by taking risks, by making mistakes and by being with the wrong people until you find your soulmate. The other way he describes of finding one’s soulmate is by entering a state of trance in which one can see a bright spot of light over the shoulder of one’s soulmate. Paulo Coelho is known for taking complex ideas and putting his insightfully thoughtful twists on them. He wrote The Alchemist after all. […]

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On the Fence – Perspective of Life and ADHD

On the Fence – Perspective of Life and ADHD
on: June 10, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 10 Comments , , , , ...

Being on the fence allows me to view things from a perspective where I can take in both sides and make decisions, choices and base beliefs on the facts all sides present (what I can make of them). Personally, I think it is a mistake to join one particular side of an issue and allow it to consume everything – life isn’t that simple and wars get started by this way of thinking, due to anger, resentment and inflexibility. Typically, each side of an issue has both merits and faults. My experiences have taught me that nothing is as clear cut as it seems when it comes to human beliefs and relations. My position(s) are as simple as they are complex. Here are a few or more: I believe we all have the power within us to improve, become better and fulfill our wants, needs, desires, – our dreams. I believe whichever way […]

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ADHD friends with Gifts and Benefits!

ADHD friends with Gifts and Benefits!
on: June 4, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 16 Comments , , , , ...

Yeah, I wrote that title. Yeah, I said it! What are you going to do about it? I will tell you what you might do about it. I said might, because, it is up to you and this exercise is about choice. Exercise? … But first… I was reading a very nice posting by Anna on our ADDer World ADHD Social Network today and she got me thinking about something. She asked: “Is there a happy ending for people with ADD/HD?” She continued and wrote: “I thought that having a medicine and reading and learning would mean there was a cure and if I followed the yellow brick road I’d arrive where everyone else in the world already is, the city called “Normal”. I thought it meant I’d be “normal”, like everyone else and that I’d fit right in and be considered a citizen and at long last I would belong.” […]

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The Brilliant Reality of ADHD Book Sneak Peak

The Brilliant Reality of ADHD Book Sneak Peak
on: June 3, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 1 Comment ...

The proof copies of my new book The Brilliant Reality of ADHD arrived this last week! Finally! I had originally expected for a release date in February and in good old ADDer Fashion, it should now be released in July! Actually, that’s okay. I feel very good about this new book and have a feeling it will be a grand success in its own right. Many articles within the pages of The Brilliant Reality of ADHD can be found here, on ADDer World, for free. There are also articles written especially for this book and I would like to present you with a short excerpt of one of them: Wishing Well Imagine a wishing well, in your right hand is a penny and you are about to drop your penny into the wishing well to make a wish. What wish do you want to make? Ah, yes, that’s a very special wish […]

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Motivation Willpower ADHD

Motivation Willpower ADHD
on: May 30, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 13 Comments , ...

  I used to consider one of my biggest flaws and worst character traits, or better said – lack thereof, was that I did not have any willpower.  They seemed to possess some secret power that I had somehow missed out on. I have willpower, but like most people with ADHD I just did not know how to access it and this lead to a certain kind of frustration, which ran painfully deep. It started early, at a very young age. I grew up with a belief that willpower did not exist for me. It was so obvious to me that I lacked something (I didn’t know what it was called way back then) that I could see whatever it was so clearly in others. As a kid I was in awe of classmates who could set their mind to doing an assignment and just do it. They seemed to possess some secret power that I had […]

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Sex Love Marriage Affairs and ADHD

Sex Love Marriage Affairs and ADHD
on: May 25, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 35 Comments ...

Why does it seem that too many people with ADHD come to a point in their relationship that they seek an affair, or simply find themselves in the midst of overly fantasizing about having an affair? This doesn’t apply to everyone and yet, there seems to be a growing number of mid-aged ADDers fooling around while married or in a long term relationship. What gives? It seemed like a good relationship. Yes, it had some ups and downs, what relationship doesn’t? I have a theory about some affairs and people with ADHD. Actually, I have several theories, but in this post I am going to try to keep it to just one of them. Remember though, it’s just my theory and, like I said, it doesn’t cover every affair. This particular theory deals with late bloomers. Many of us with ADHD are late bloomers, including some that are early diagnosed […]

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WIN Nancy Ratey’s Book The Disorganized Mind Autographed Hardback Edition

WIN Nancy Ratey’s Book The Disorganized Mind Autographed Hardback Edition
on: May 19, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments , , , , ...

Win a Free Autographed Copy of Nancy Ratey’s The Disorganized Mind on our  ADDer World ADHD Social Network  Nancy has generously sent ADDer World a personally signed copy of her book for the ADDer World giveaway drawing contest! You can read more about her on her website NancyRatey.com and I reviewed her book here. Nancy is also a member of our ADDer World ADHD Social Network, you can check out her page there and also, if you like, leave her a little ‘hello‘ comment. Thank you Nancy!

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Embracing Me and ADHD

Embracing Me and ADHD
on: May 15, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 17 Comments , , , , ...

I had a choice. I made that choice. I would embrace my ADHD or I would fight it. It may seem like an easy choice, but anyone who has ADHD can tell you, it’s not. Even so, it seems like it would be a clear yes or no. What’s the difference between fighting it and embracing it? For me, fighting ADHD means to search for a cure outside of one’s self – something to permanently solve the reality of ADHD symptoms. It seems to me, fighting ADHD in search of a cure is akin to searching for that magic answer which will cure the world of all evils.  Embracing ADHD means, at least to me, to look at the symptoms and say okay, you are a part of me and I will find a way to make you work for me and not against me. By doing this I can look upon therapy and other […]

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Are You Sure You Have ADHD? Revisited.

Are You Sure You Have ADHD? Revisited.
on: May 13, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 9 Comments ...

Most people who see me and are generally around me on a regular day, usually have no idea that I have ADHD (ADD). Or, for that matter, realize I am dealing with anything out of the ordinary. That is, unless they have read about me online, someone told them or read my book, I told them – stuff like that. It hasn’t always been that way.

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Is Sex important to someone with ADHD?

Is Sex important to someone with ADHD?
on: May 9, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 67 Comments , , , , ...

Not really. Physical sex that is, it is nearly irrelevant. You wouldn’t think so, because, well, we probably think of sex more than we think of anything else. However, we don’t think of physical sex that much, not in that way. Do you doubt me? Then read on. Our inherent definition of sex is entirely different than what we think sex should be. I mean to say that what marketers, advertisers and movies, TV and magazines show us what sex should be, isn’t what we define sex to be.  And you know what – sex in of itself is uninspiring for someone with ADHD, and yet, for someone who doesn’t have ADHD, I have heard tell that that having sex, physically and emotionally, with someone who has ADHD can be the best sexual experience they have ever had, the first few times, that is. Have you heard this too? I am […]

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