My Bio

Postby **Mithrandir** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:35 pm

I was born (an event common to some people, or so I'm told) on a large rock hurtling through space at a very high rate of speed. Rought 93 million miles away was an ongoing, uncontrolled fusion reaction that thoroughly baked the skin of a half baked hyper-active spot of existance.

(Translation: I grew up in Bakersfield, CA. You know, about 15 miles west of Hell.)

Studies show that few people actually read the midle paragraph of a post like this, so I'll leave it out. In fact, that's probably the best bio I can come up with. Being ADHD and lazy, I never seem to finish what I st

Anyway, I'm through with

Oh, and I think I'll

Postby **EireWolf** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:03 am

*stage whisper*

He's often like this. You'll get used to it.

:lick:

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:06 am

Heh!

Welcome

Postby **Gypsy** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 7:59 am

(laughs) Sad, but we're already used to stuff like that. Fitting right in already ...

Postby **Rashiir** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 11:25 am

Actually, I read the middle para first because it was shorter...but then I read the rest cause it was awesome. Welcome!

Postby **inkhana** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 11:31 am

Ah...yeeeeaah...ok! Whatever! LOL Welcome!

Postby **calbhach** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:45 pm

That's just weird....You'll fit it just fine! :wow!:

Welcome!

Calbh

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 3:02 pm

Welcome aboard. I didn't really think it was that wierd, just creative satire.

Postby **Mithrandir** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 11:30 am

Don't you DARE accuse me of satire. You can only accuse me of persiflage! You bad people.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 5:47 pm

I accuse people of committing persiflage. Satire is a compliment. Honestly, as Christians I don't think we should be too flippant. Perhaps it's an issue of defining terms...

Postby **EireWolf** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:55 pm

I don't see what's wrong with a little harmless bantering now and then. All in fun, of course... :hug:

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:24 pm

Ah, but I would call that satire (that is, satirical in nature). Apparently he perfers the older and decidedly more impressive looking persiflage. No insult intended, just different terms.

Postby **Mithrandir** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:33 pm

*VBG*

Postby **Mithrandir** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:33 am

Did you know you can rearrainge the letters in LIBEL to spell Belli? It's true.

Postby **EireWolf** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 4:04 pm

Or "bllie." Bllie works too, don't forget.

Postby **Mithrandir** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:24 pm

[quote="blufire"]lol. you're a funny guy. ]

THANKS!

I figure I can never have too much welcome mail. It's like a little bit of sun shine. (Or on this board, should that be son shine...?)

Postby **Saint** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:33 pm

hold on... i didn't know you could rearrange letters... oh wow, it all clear now.

its like there are words in other words... *freaking out...*

how old must you be to be an 'old philosopher'?

Postby **Mithrandir** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 8:11 pm

It's like my new best friend, Ray F. Podiasoll. (If you don't get it, wait about 8 1/4 months)...

Postby **Mithrandir** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 8:15 pm

St. Peter wrote:You can rearrange oldphilosopher to make:
HE'D SHOP I'LL POOR

And you can rearrange Saint Peter:
It's teen rap!

Blufire can be:
Ire flub

Uc Pseudonym:
Don my sup cue

Ok. That got boring way fast.

Postby **Saint** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 8:20 pm

good game..

Postby **darkoon** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:07 am

Old philosopher... I like your story, but... I would have known more about you if only I would have read that short middle paragraph...

darkoon

Postby **majanthehun** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:17 am

we need to start an ADHD support group or some sort...

Postby **Mithrandir** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:42 pm

majanthehun wrote:we need to start an ADHD support group or some sort...

LOL!

Do you know any ADD/ADHD people that wouldn't get bored wtih it and stop comming?

Postby **majanthehun** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 7:31 pm

i could try to come to every meeting, but youre right, id probably get bored.

but ill try, if we ever start one.

Postby **Spiritsword** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 7:09 pm

I did my graduate thesis on ADHD...

(Better than doing my graduate thesis WITH ADHD...)

Spiritsword

Postby **Mithrandir** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 8:33 am

Now I'm curious. Did you get anyone to come to meetings on a regular basis (if they weren't forced by their parents)?

Postby **Spiritsword** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:40 am

Actually, my thesis was more a quick survey/questionnaire, and the students only had to come once to fill it out. It was really more a research study than a support group. My study was regarding the self-perceptions of students with ADHD in their social lives, and whether they're lonely or socially dissatisfied due to difficulties stemming from the disorder.

I have done groups with students with ADHD in them, but they are usually class-wide, so that the students with ADHD are there anyway, and it's not exclusively students with ADHD. I have also done a small group that included students with ADHD--we focused mostly on anger/impulse control. It was quite a task to keep all the students with me at any given time. Not surprisingly, I had more success when we were actually doing things like role plays or games than when we were just talking. I've never done a group specifically for students with ADHD, but it would certainly be interesting!

Postby **EireWolf** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:18 pm

Spiritsword wrote: My study was regarding the self-perceptions of students with ADHD in their social lives, and whether they're lonely or socially dissatisfied due to difficulties stemming from the disorder.

What kind of results did you see?

Postby **Mithrandir** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 8:51 am

It was quite a task to keep all the students with me at any given time.

From the other side of that fence, it's quiet a task for them to stay focused in a group environment.

I've never done a group specifically for students with ADHD, but it would certainly be interesting!

Yes. Yes it would. Catherding comes to mind.

Postby **Spiritsword** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 1:44 pm

Originally posted by Eire Wolf:
What kind of results did you see?

Would you like to read the thesis? Some light summer reading?
Kidding...I wouldn't subject anyone to that...

Well, I got mixed results. The main factors I was studying were self-perceptions of 2 areas: loneliness and social dissatisfaction. I compared students with and without ADHD, and also looked at the correlation, that is, do students with more severe symptoms report higher levels of negative feelings?

Basically I found this:
1. Students with ADHD reported significantly higher levels of social dissatisfaction, but NOT loneliness, than students without the disorder.
2. Both loneliness and social dissatisfaction were correlated with ADHD symptoms. In other words, students with more severe symptoms felt lonelier or more dissatified with their social life, though I could not say from my study whether the symptoms actually caused those feelings or whether the two things just happened to occur together.

The basic premise behind the study was that since past studies have shown that students with ADHD suffer some social difficulties due to the symptoms of their behavior, do they suffer emotionally or in the way they view themselves because of those social difficulties? Again, the answer for the students I worked with was mixed, as I explained above.

Hope that makes sense!

Originally posted by oldphilosopher:
From the other side of that fence, it's quiet a task for them to stay focused in a group environment.

Agree, agree...

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