![]() And while all that is true (except the gnomes), the brain noise is mostly stuff that I constantly distract myself from facing, or else risk spirals of depression. ![]() People make jokes, myself included, about the cuteness of ADHD - we do mental math in a funny way, or forget little things (sometimes big things), or how we can be distracted by silly thoughts (I used to think there were tiny gnomes with branding irons inside the toaster that charred my English muffins). I saw time passing and things I haven’t accomplished failed relationships and friendships the reliving of trauma from the past and the anticipation of trauma in the future. The saturation on the televisions greyed. Vacations with my family.Ī post shared by Chris as an adult it was exhausting. They showed Christmas presents and birthdays. They showed me images of my friends in anticipation of sleepovers and hangouts to come over the weekend. Those mental TVs displayed episodes of the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, and Batman the Animated Series. To focus on that one I actively tune out all the rest. Each screen presents a memory, a thought, an experience, while one shows present life. But, ever since then, I’ve also been struggling with focus, often explaining how I think as akin to standing in a room made completely of televisions - each one tuned to a different channel at random with the volume turned all the way up. Here, he shares the story of what he has dubbed his “mental milestone watch”.Įver since I was a kid I loved watches - my first had a hologram of Darth Vader on the crystal (pure class). I/trending 8993 A Tudor Black Bay Bronze 58 became my milestone watch to celebrate taking charge of my mental health Chris AntzoulisĮditor’s note: The below story is a submission by Time+Tide reader Chris Antzoulis, who was moved to write it after listening to the Milestone Watches episode on About Effing Time.
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