Posted by Cindy W on May 23, 2000, at 0:06:42
In reply to Re: here's a new one....(obsession), posted by Renee N on May 22, 2000, at 20:57:04
> I'm obsessed with reading, but not in the same way. Ever since I started investigating the possibility of my son and I having ADHD about three years ago, I can't stop reading about it. At first it was books and magazines, but now here I am on the internet. When I started trying meds for my problems, I came to the internet and eventually found my way here. I think it is very interesting that in another thread someone said that they could tell how good or bad their mood was by how often they came here. I'm usally here everyday. For awhile, I was here for several hours at least once a day, often many times a day. I know i'm feeling better when I don't feel the need to come here for a whole day!
> I also have an addiction to children's books. I worked in an elementary school library for three and a half years and am now a substitute teacher. When I have extra time at school I often offer to help in the library. The problem is I pull more books off the shelf to read later than I put away on the shelf! This one lady acted like I was really weird because of this. I've always thought of my interest as an asset to my career of working with children...Who cares?! I love the books and the kids.Like Renee, am also obsessed with reading (for some reason, my computer will not let me capitalize certain letters...didn't this happen to others, a while back?). Anyway, I feel I have to check out new information in so many areas, I can never read all of it (sci fi, horror, great novels by favorite authors, stuff about depression/mental illness/therapies, physics and astronomy, breast cancer, frogs, sex, etc. etc. etc.). It's hard for me (now the "I" is working!?) to go into a library and not end up with a lot more books than I can reasonably finish in a reasonable period of time. So I'm usually stressed and reading like mad...but I never expect to finish more than a chapter or two per day.--Cindy W
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