The Add Myth: How to Cultivate the Unique Gifts of Intense Personalities (Attention Deficit Disorder & Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

More than 5 million children in the United States take stimulant medication to treat ADHD. Yet, there is no objective method of diagnosis for ADHD. And, many of these medications can cause serious side effects including amphetamine psychosis. In __The ADD Myth__, ADHD coach Martha Burge proposes that what is commonly understood as ADHD is actually five intense personality traits: sensual, psychomotor, intellectual, creative, and emotional. Once properly understood, People with these intense personality traits can develop them into gifts. __The ADD Myth__ shows: * The five intense personality traits: sensual, psychomotor, intellectual, creative, and emotional * Why all personalities exist along a "neurodiversity" spectrum * Where intense people fit on the spectrum * Why the medical profession should seek alternative explanations for ADHD * Stories, practical steps, and daily practices for developing one's intense nature with the least amount of suffering. Burge includes her own story of having both of her children diagnosed with ADHD, the serious reactions they had to drug treatment, and how she began her search for an alternative approach to help them. __The ADD Myth__ will raise awareness of the underlying condition of intensity, and help people who previously thought of themselves as broken develop more fulfilling lives. Despite the millions of people taking medication for attention deficit disorders, there remains no objective method of diagnosis for ADHD. In The ADD Myth , Martha Burge proposes a different understanding and solution for those diagnosed. ADD isnt what we think it is. Author and ADHD coach Martha Burge introduces a different way of looking at the disorder often associated with boredom and impulsivity in young people. She argues that what is commonly understood as ADHD is actually five intense personality sensual, psychomotor, intellectual, creative, and emotional. Once the supposed ADD symptoms are properly understood for what they are, people with these intense personality traits can develop them into gifts. Finding an alternative solution. After having two sons diagnosed with ADHD, and witnessing their serious reaction to drug treatments, Martha began a search for a different approach and a more natural treatment for ADHD. By looking at all personalities as part of the neurodiversity spectrum, she shows us how we can see where those with intense personality traits fit on the spectrum. Once we understand that, we are better able to help people embrace their traits and develop ones intense nature rather than try to stifle it. This book will change the way you look at ADD for the betteropen it up and learn more Readers of books such as Driven to Distraction , Healing ADD , Delivered from Distraction , or Non-Medication Treatments and Skills for Children and Teens will enjoy The ADD Myth . This radical new approach to ADD and ADHD reframes the diagnosis and offers a way to transform so-called symptoms into gifts. Despite the millions of people taking medication for attention deficit disorders, there remains no objective method of diagnosis for ADHD. Now author and ADHD coach Martha Burge proposes a different understanding and solution for those diagnosed. In The ADD Myth, Burge argues that what is commonly understood as ADHD is actually five intense personality traits: sensual, psychomotor, intellectual, creative, and emotional. Once the supposed ADD symptoms are properly understood, people with these intense personality traits can develop them into gifts. After having two sons diagnosed with ADHD, and witnessing their serious reaction to drug treatments, Martha began a search for a new approach and a more natural treatment. In The ADD Myth, she shares personal stories, practical steps, and daily practices for developing one's intense nature with the least amount of suffering. The Gatekeeper Between the Subconscious and Concious MindsThe Internal Map of Reality; Everything is Related to Everything; The Drug to End All Drugs; The Witness; 4. Sensual Intensity; The Intense Senses; How Sensual Intensity Affects Us; 5. Sensual Practices: Make Me Safe and Warm; Practice 1: Protecting Your Sensually Intense Self; Practice 2: Creating a Safe and Hospitable World; 6. Psychomotor Intensity; You Are an Open Energy System; Psychomotor Effects on the Physical Domain; Psychomotor Effects on the Emotional Domain; Psychomotor Effects on the Mental Domain; Being in the Flow The Inner Exerpience of Emotional IntensityThe Outward Expression of Emotional Intensity; Dabrowski's Theory of Emotional Development; Cartography: Becoming a Master Mapmaker; 14. Emotional Practices: Emotional Growth and Power; Practice 14: Mapmaking at Level 2; Practice 15: Mapmaking at Level 3; Practice 16: Mapmaking at Level 4; 15. The Ghosts of Intensity Past, Present, and Future; The Ghost of Intensity Past: Seriousness; The Ghost of Intensity Present: Perfectionism; The Ghost of Intensity Future: Anxiety; How to Be the Leader of the Ghosts; 16. Living an Intense Life 7. Psychomotor Practices: It's My Energy, Dammit!Practice 3: Walk a Mile in My Shoes; Practice 4: Being Still and Creating Flow; Practice 5: Exercise and Body Dispositions; 8. Intellectual Intensity; Intellectual Intensiry and Intelligence; Learning and Thinking Patterns; Key Traits of Intellectual Intensity; Challenges of Intellectual Intensity; Intensity and Value Systems; Value Levels of Development; 9. Intellectual Practices: Building Intellectual Muscle; Practice 6: The Magic Word; Practice 7: Concentration on a Subject; Practice 8: The Lost Art of Contemplation Practice 9: Value Development and Growth10. Creative Intensity; Imagination; Overactive Imagination; Inspiration; Creativity as Therapy; Thought As the Ultimate Creative Medium; Creating Meaning, Purpose, and Ideals; Dreaming Too Much; 11. Creative Practices: Becoming a Creator; Practice 10: Taming the Imagination Creature; Practice 11: Living Backward and Forward in Time; Practice 12: Seducing the Muse; Practice 13: Creativity is Imagination in Action; 12. Understanding Moods; Understanding Moods; Mood Animals and Making Change Naturally; 13. Emotional Intensity Cover; Copyright; Contents; A Note to Readers; Introduction; 1. There Is No Such Thing as ADHD; The DSM and a Culture of Disorder; Medication Goes in Search of Patients; Why Schools and Parents Seek Diagnosis; Not All Distress or Difference is Mental Disorder; The DSM is Fallible; Too Common to Be a Disorder; There is No Proof of Disorder; If Not Disorder, Then What?; 2. What is Intensity?; Kazimierz Dabrowski Identifies ""Super-Stimulatability""; The Five Intensities; Intensity: Gift or Disorder?; 3. Practice Foundations; The Body as the Subconscious Mind