Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Edward M. Hallowell

48. Don’t stay too long where you aren’t understood or appreciated. Just as people with ADD gain a great deal from supportive groups, they are particularly drained and demoralized by negative groups, and they have a tendency to stay with them too long, vainly trying to make things work out, even when all the evidence shows they can’t. 49. Pay compliments. Notice other people. In general, get social training if you’re having trouble getting along with people. 50. Set social deadlines. Without deadlines and dates your social life can atrophy. Just as you will be helped by structuring your business week, so, too, you will benefit from keeping your social calendar organized. This will help you stay in touch with friends and get the kind of social support you need.