Comments on: Confessions of A Hyperactive Mind http://www.chrisspagani.com/159/confessions-of-a-hyperactive-mind/ A visualist, photojournalist, abstractist and fine artist Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: john http://www.chrisspagani.com/159/confessions-of-a-hyperactive-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-6667 john Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:38:24 +0000 http://www.chrisspagani.com/?p=159#comment-6667 I believe I have a hyperactive mind. I have a friend who I also believe has a hyperactive mind. We both know we have hyperactive minds and we use them voraciously together. We get into deep discussions on deep philosophical questions, the unanswerable questions like "Why is there something rather than nothing?" and "Why are things the way they are?". We try to answer things that are impossible to answer, and the scary part is this; we answer them and then keep going deeper into thought, I get ideas and thought of infinity a lot, which seems to be the most you can think about as a human. I feel like I push my mind to its limits sometimes. I dont know how I do it, if its something a lot of people can. Is it something everyone can do but just a lot of people dont? It scares me sometimes, i dont know if im crazy or brilliant. I believe I have a hyperactive mind. I have a friend who I also believe has a hyperactive mind. We both know we have hyperactive minds and we use them voraciously together. We get into deep discussions on deep philosophical questions, the unanswerable questions like “Why is there something rather than nothing?” and “Why are things the way they are?”. We try to answer things that are impossible to answer, and the scary part is this; we answer them and then keep going deeper into thought, I get ideas and thought of infinity a lot, which seems to be the most you can think about as a human. I feel like I push my mind to its limits sometimes. I dont know how I do it, if its something a lot of people can. Is it something everyone can do but just a lot of people dont? It scares me sometimes, i dont know if im crazy or brilliant.

]]> By: Jordan AKA Twitchy http://www.chrisspagani.com/159/confessions-of-a-hyperactive-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-6660 Jordan AKA Twitchy Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:43:22 +0000 http://www.chrisspagani.com/?p=159#comment-6660 As many others that have come to this site in search of answers, i have too come here in search of an explanation to what can only be described as self inflicted torture at this point. I also feel some semblance to the crazy words that you have written here and some relation to the comedy that you have written, not to mention your writing style in particular. (it is worth noting that getting this far into the paragraph i have lost track of my thoughts many times over) i see in you writing style the way that you do not represent your point but tend to wander. (like myslelf) i have lost countless jobs due to my inane inability to focus into tasks that to me seem irrelevant/pointless/arbitrary and it is getting to a point in my life were i just feel that i am purely existing and that is all. Once again i have spent the night laying awake, sleepless - my mind buzzing with stupid and irrelevant thoughts - congesting my mind to the point where i cannot full asleep, all i do is grind my teeth to the sounds of the clock ticking. My eyes are wide and i cant stop blinking to the point where my eyelids feel like they are bruising. When my daughter was born i seeked to put an end to this mindset as to commit myself to a job and become a "regular" person (as much as it pains me to do so) i was referred to a local mental health specialist and it was not long before i was diagnosed with ADHD and was thrown a prescription for Dexiamphetamines. The medication at first felt like it was working, there was certainly a change - however it was months later that i came to the conclusion that my mindset was still far from ordinary. The medication only focused my attention, my mind was still buzzing, only to a more specific output. It did not fix my problem and i ceased to take my medication. I have a friend who has Aspurgers Syndrome, which if you are unaware of, is on the spectrum of autism. Me and my friend spoke about his autism often, as i was interested to know everything about it (i love learning) To both of our surprise we shared a lot of common traits typical to the disorder, with few important differences, where he did not understand or convey things like emotion, sarcasm and all those little things - i did. So im not sure what i have, im damn sure that its not ADHD. I really do not know what to do with myself, i lack elemental things such as drive, ambition, confidence, coordination, focus, concentration...unfortunately without these things i am left rather...f##ked to put it as simply as possible. Sometimes i feel that i should just lay down and just wait for my body and mind to shut down and finally achieve some silence, i feel that is something i could be quite talented at. As many others that have come to this site in search of answers, i have too come here in search of an explanation to what can only be described as self inflicted torture at this point. I also feel some semblance to the crazy words that you have written here and some relation to the comedy that you have written, not to mention your writing style in particular. (it is worth noting that getting this far into the paragraph i have lost track of my thoughts many times over) i see in you writing style the way that you do not represent your point but tend to wander. (like myslelf) i have lost countless jobs due to my inane inability to focus into tasks that to me seem irrelevant/pointless/arbitrary and it is getting to a point in my life were i just feel that i am purely existing and that is all. Once again i have spent the night laying awake, sleepless – my mind buzzing with stupid and irrelevant thoughts – congesting my mind to the point where i cannot full asleep, all i do is grind my teeth to the sounds of the clock ticking. My eyes are wide and i cant stop blinking to the point where my eyelids feel like they are bruising. When my daughter was born i seeked to put an end to this mindset as to commit myself to a job and become a “regular” person (as much as it pains me to do so) i was referred to a local mental health specialist and it was not long before i was diagnosed with ADHD and was thrown a prescription for Dexiamphetamines. The medication at first felt like it was working, there was certainly a change – however it was months later that i came to the conclusion that my mindset was still far from ordinary. The medication only focused my attention, my mind was still buzzing, only to a more specific output. It did not fix my problem and i ceased to take my medication. I have a friend who has Aspurgers Syndrome, which if you are unaware of, is on the spectrum of autism. Me and my friend spoke about his autism often, as i was interested to know everything about it (i love learning) To both of our surprise we shared a lot of common traits typical to the disorder, with few important differences, where he did not understand or convey things like emotion, sarcasm and all those little things – i did. So im not sure what i have, im damn sure that its not ADHD. I really do not know what to do with myself, i lack elemental things such as drive, ambition, confidence, coordination, focus, concentration…unfortunately without these things i am left rather…f##ked to put it as simply as possible. Sometimes i feel that i should just lay down and just wait for my body and mind to shut down and finally achieve some silence, i feel that is something i could be quite talented at.

]]> By: peter sheils http://www.chrisspagani.com/159/confessions-of-a-hyperactive-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-6000 peter sheils Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:15:03 +0000 http://www.chrisspagani.com/?p=159#comment-6000 i have the same problem, but i took it as a gift and used it to become promotions manager of the largest entertainment co in the uk. downside lack of sleep and turning to booze as remedy. i used to sleep with a pen and pad beside the bed i have the same problem, but i took it as a gift and used it to become promotions manager of the largest entertainment co in the uk. downside lack of sleep and turning to booze as remedy. i used to sleep with a pen and pad beside the bed

]]> By: maria catalina http://www.chrisspagani.com/159/confessions-of-a-hyperactive-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-5788 maria catalina Sat, 15 May 2010 21:49:33 +0000 http://www.chrisspagani.com/?p=159#comment-5788 i understand perfectly what happens to you...my mind it is like going highspeed...and i know that i am not thinking like other persons...and it seems that nobody understands my manner of thinking...i started to think that i am crazy ...all the analysis that i do in my mind every day i know that is useless...but i can not do anything about it...often i can not fall asleep because my mind it is working and working.. i understand perfectly what happens to you…my mind it is like going highspeed…and i know that i am not thinking like other persons…and it seems that nobody understands my manner of thinking…i started to think that i am crazy …all the analysis that i do in my mind every day i know that is useless…but i can not do anything about it…often i can not fall asleep because my mind it is working and working..

]]> By: michael thompson http://www.chrisspagani.com/159/confessions-of-a-hyperactive-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-5306 michael thompson Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:37:15 +0000 http://www.chrisspagani.com/?p=159#comment-5306 honestly, my interpretation of your words is a picture of someone compensating with pride because he may feel more an outcast than he may wish to admit to himself. although, i am most probably very wrong on this front. i wonder what worth can be derived from work... really? what reference to good are we playing at when we wish upon time to tell of value? call me ignorant and perplexed, but what meaning is found in such comedy that biases a select few. something in the back of my head lends me to believe the only real worth of something is that which lies in connection, not in rational thought, in analytical reasoning, but in the soul... or the limbic system, whatever you wish to call it. but then again, perhaps im only pointing at my own insecurities. but again honestly, i feel most everyone feels different from everyone else, but obviously for someone with your gifts and talents its not too hard to see the grand picture, the picture of deep down, we're probably all the same. honestly, my interpretation of your words is a picture of someone compensating with pride because he may feel more an outcast than he may wish to admit to himself. although, i am most probably very wrong on this front. i wonder what worth can be derived from work… really? what reference to good are we playing at when we wish upon time to tell of value? call me ignorant and perplexed, but what meaning is found in such comedy that biases a select few. something in the back of my head lends me to believe the only real worth of something is that which lies in connection, not in rational thought, in analytical reasoning, but in the soul… or the limbic system, whatever you wish to call it. but then again, perhaps im only pointing at my own insecurities.

but again honestly, i feel most everyone feels different from everyone else, but obviously for someone with your gifts and talents its not too hard to see the grand picture, the picture of deep down, we’re probably all the same.

]]> By: Mauricio Zepeda http://www.chrisspagani.com/159/confessions-of-a-hyperactive-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-5042 Mauricio Zepeda Fri, 29 May 2009 21:57:34 +0000 http://www.chrisspagani.com/?p=159#comment-5042 I feel the same. I see myselft writing that post. I think I'm different than everyone else. Maybe gifted, maybe crazy. But I've figured my mind works in a very different way than most people's minds do. I've though it could be ADHD but I'm not sure, even if it was I've decided not to take medication and to learn to control my mind, and even though it's being hard at the moment. I'm sure I will succeed. I feel the same. I see myselft writing that post. I think I’m different than everyone else. Maybe gifted, maybe crazy. But I’ve figured my mind works in a very different way than most people’s minds do.
I’ve though it could be ADHD but I’m not sure, even if it was I’ve decided not to take medication and to learn to control my mind, and even though it’s being hard at the moment. I’m sure I will succeed.

]]> By: debs http://www.chrisspagani.com/159/confessions-of-a-hyperactive-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-4840 debs Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:09:58 +0000 http://www.chrisspagani.com/?p=159#comment-4840 I also have a very hyperactive mind the same as your self,i hate this factor about myself yes everyone either thinks im very strange or very gifted. i just dont know what to do about this.. I also have a very hyperactive mind the same as your self,i hate this factor about myself yes everyone either thinks im very strange or very gifted.
i just dont know what to do about this..

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