ADD / ADHD: Distress Call of a Trapped Soul
My take on ADD / ADHD I have been diagnosed with ADD myself. Initially, I was happy with the diagnosis. After all, I was convinced...
Mathieu Wouters
Who am I? It is expected that I will then say: Mathieu Wouters, 37 years old, police inspector, father of two children, married, Belgian, ... Combined with my photo, you then have a superficial idea of who I am in our shared physical reality.
Having never felt at home in this 'reality', I thought I needed an extra label that would explain why I was different. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with ADD. An extra label to shape my identity, delineate myself more strongly and be able to seek help in a targeted way.
But it didn't bring me the peace I was looking for. What eventually did is the realisation that beyond this physical world that we all continue to shape every moment, there is a deeper reality. A reality that is much broader and where the soul is at the core. In that reality, I do have the space to be who I am, I don't have to conform to a 'norm'. This is the space we need to experience peace, space we don't get enough of in the physical world.
I used to resist, often unconsciously, the society that was so foreign to me. But that resistance created negative energy that crystallised in my body.
Now I realise I shouldn't hold on. I should not fight. Because that fighting causes suffering. For yourself and often for others around you.
My advice: don't take life too seriously. See it as a game and trust that your soul will bring you to your destination.
I have become a guest blogger for ADDcharacteristics.net to share my views on the collection of traits placed under the AD(H)D banner. After all, I don't really believe in the conventional, limiting explanations :)
Having never felt at home in this 'reality', I thought I needed an extra label that would explain why I was different. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with ADD. An extra label to shape my identity, delineate myself more strongly and be able to seek help in a targeted way.
But it didn't bring me the peace I was looking for. What eventually did is the realisation that beyond this physical world that we all continue to shape every moment, there is a deeper reality. A reality that is much broader and where the soul is at the core. In that reality, I do have the space to be who I am, I don't have to conform to a 'norm'. This is the space we need to experience peace, space we don't get enough of in the physical world.
I used to resist, often unconsciously, the society that was so foreign to me. But that resistance created negative energy that crystallised in my body.
Now I realise I shouldn't hold on. I should not fight. Because that fighting causes suffering. For yourself and often for others around you.
My advice: don't take life too seriously. See it as a game and trust that your soul will bring you to your destination.
I have become a guest blogger for ADDcharacteristics.net to share my views on the collection of traits placed under the AD(H)D banner. After all, I don't really believe in the conventional, limiting explanations :)