From: anon-1055@twwells.com (m&m)
Subject: Re: Request for information
Organization: Anonymous Posting Service at twwells.com
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 18:13:02 GMT

sorry this is pretty long and analytic head stuff, skip unless you're
really interested !:)


[Sandy L. Haddon asks for info on Bradshaw's Homecoming workshop]
I did not personallygo to it, Shelly (my partner in life) did.  It was 
during that workshop that she finally accepted that she had been sexually
abused and that she wanted to heal from that abuse.  She had known for about
4 months before that she had been sexually abused.   For her it was an
incredible experience.  So powerful that every October she now takes a long 
weekend by herself in the mountains.  Kind of her yearly retreat, but it started
( God, only 2 years ago - seems like 20 !) with her attending the Homecoming 
workshop.  I have heard her reccommend it enthusiastically to many.  Even to me,
but I don't like large workshops like that so I never went.

[Sandy L. Haddon asks for info on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder]
Again my experience is somewhat second hand, although I suspect that I have
some if not all the characteristics of ADHD myself.  I have a brother who 
has grown up with severe ADHD.  My father is a family practice MD who as a
result of my brother suffering from ADHD has done a fair amount of background
reading and researching the literature.  One interesting thing he told me
recently was of a study that examined brain activity of adult ADHD patients
compared to a study group.  ADHD group had a very clear area of the brain 
showing no activity when compared to control group.  Supports ADHD being a 
physical disorder & maybe there is a way you could have a similar test done, if 
you are interested.  One other thing he related is that as one gets older the 
symptoms become much less pronounced and are easier for the person to control.

On to our son, who is 4 and who displays some characteristics of ADHD - in fact
enough of them so that a year ago my dad suggested we consier the possibillity
of him suffering from ADHD (there are strong suggestions of this being a 
genetically passed disorder (Greg was adopted by us from my sister).  Pisssed
Shelly & I off royally cause the behavior he was talking about was pretty
well mirrored in Shelly & my behavior as we were confronting the fact that we 
were sexually abused.  Flashes of temper and rage - inability to stay focussed,
extreme frustration when things don't go our way.  I still don't know how
much of Greg's behavior was/is mirroring our behavior or if some is from ADHD.
My point is that if one grows up in an abusive/unstable family environment, one
learns behavior patterns that I think are very similar to ADHD - but the 
treatment would be dramatically different than for someone suffering from
ADHD

Fare-Well
Mike Stoughton



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