Posted by Johnturner77 on July 3, 2000, at 12:39:47
In reply to Anthony Robbins Pain And Pleasure [ADD People], posted by wayne on July 2, 2000, at 2:26:00
> Hello everyone. For those with ADD we know that we live in the NOW.Anthony Robbins has this theory called Pain and Pleasure. He says that we must associate a lot of pain to our PAST actions and behaviours and what it cost us then for not following through . Pain to the NOW if we dont follow through[what it will cost us now].What it will cost us in our FUTURE if we dont follow through.He says we all have the same nervous system and our brains function in the same way. As people with ADD we know that we operate in the NOW.I was recently diagnosed with ADD.Because I did not know I had ADD I would apply this theory and link a lot of pain to my past behaviors which we know a lot of them were bad.I would notice that after associating a lot of pain to the past it would have minimal effect on me because I would go back to my old behaviours.I did not know I had a biological problem[ADD]. Because we live in the NOW how will this theory of Pain and Pleasure work for people with ADD? Do we associate a lot of pleasure to the NOW and the FUTURE? How does this all work? Can it work with people with ADD?If you have gone through this material could you please give me your input your ideas on this thanks Wayne.
Great topic. Saying, just focus, will only work for ADDers if it is more like Judo than a grade school bully. When the real reward is always "something new" follow through is just a bigger pain. Pleasure is more like the newest stimulus. The problem with me is that I was never reacting to real pleasure and not always to real pain. Only in the last year have I had any kind of benchmark as to what real pleasure is like.
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