Identifying
Do you feel like you can identify with others? Show a sense of empathy? I think a lot of people would say yes. On the same hand do you think a lot of people can identify with you? If you were me that would be a resounding NO.
I feel most days like no one gets me. That most people cannot identify with me. No matter how succesfull or well I do my job, I feel like I am not. I don’t know of many people that can identify with that. That have that question burrowing into their head. I do. But for some reason I don’t let it stop me.
I recently found someone I think I can identify with. He posts around the frequency I do and we have similar hobbies. Jeff’s A.D.D.
Sometimes I head over to the different ADHD forums, Additude magazine, or other blogs by people with ADD. Some of them seem similar but like all mental health deficiencies it varies by person. Our brains work in such an amazing way it can be so heartening to find someone you can relate with.
I love to work, to cook, to create, to solve problems, to dive in and find problems I can solve, and to help people, and to find new ways to do old things. How many of us do this? I belong to a group of men and women around the world called The BBQ Brethren. These people I can identify with. On the other hand, I wonder if they can identify with me? I put that aside and enjoy their company, even if I’ve never met most of them.
It is refreshing to read Jeff’s blogs and see what he’s seeing. Identifying. It’s a nice feeling.
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- Identifying. (2008, February 6). In lifedoodling. Retrieved 23:27, July 24, 2008, from http://lifedoodling.com/coping/identifying/
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- Robert Besaw, “Identifying.” lifedoodling. 6 February 2008, 09:37 UTC. . 24 Jul 2008 <http://lifedoodling.com/coping/identifying/>.
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- Robert Besaw, Identifying. lifedoodling. February 6, 2008, 09:37 UTC. Available at: http://lifedoodling.com/coping/identifying/. Accessed July 24, 2008.
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