THE ADHD PATIENT.

HELLO PEEPS! 👋 Oh gosh, damn! it has been so long since I last came out with a post. How are you all doing? I hope that you all are in a very sumptuous condition. Life has been quite challenging yet spellbinding. Why? Oh come on, FYI, I'm currently doing my 1st sem of degree in TESL or in a preferable and an easier term, the English education course. Yeah, I just completed the assignment season and presently waiting for the finals and eventually I'm done with SEM 1!! 😆 and yes I cant wait for my sem break. I got things to do, stuff to purchase and obviously places to go. Next destination? We'll wait & see. But I can tell you all that "it's reprising the bygone avocation."

So in this post, judging from the title, I bet you all must be wondering, wtf is ADHD? Arif has a disorder? Is this guy special? Okay so I will be allocating with you all about a very "unique and a special" gift that God has granted me, the ADHD disorder which is the acronym to the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Sounds creepy kan?👀 But hey, let me confess something, I'm grateful to have this award. Here's why?

First & foremost, let me share you all about my experiences of witnessing this "gift". I have to divulge that yup when I was...probably around 5-15 years old, this disorder was something insane, it took over me. I cant be a static person, I have to keep on moving, running, climbing, nagging, grumbling and talking all the time. Instances?

• I ran from wall to wall
• Jumping on the bed non-stop
• kept on questioning
• Often blurts out an answer before a question has been completed 
• Often had difficulties waiting my turn especially when it comes to lining up. 😝
• Talks excessively
• I keep on imagining and acting myself as a football player, an ultraman, a power ranger, Marvel & DC characacters HAHAHAHA
• Being mischievous
• Plugging off the price tags at shopping malls 😈
• I even played badminton for 12 freakin hours!

Oh damn! (Just imagine how exigent it was for both my parents who had to deal with their 1st child who has these symptoms hohoho 😅) When I come to ponder it once more, those are the things that could be considered for the rest of my life and something to be reminisced in the time coming. Those behaviours were indelible. There was also this one time where I could not resist the temptation of being active which then eventually I became active and running around, rolling around also talking and shouting in a shopping mall. Sian my parents penat main chasing also hide & seek with me HAHAHAHA. I also kept on questioning everything like "How could a sponge live in the bottom of the sea? (spongebob), How come a kid could get himself a watch that could turn him to 10 different aliens? (BEN 10) also how did the pictures were moving and the sculptures came alive? (Night at the Museum) HAHAHAHAHA. Aiyoyo, missing the good old days 😭

How's Arif Iqmal now?

Alhamdulillah, as time flies, I manage to control the temptation of being superbly energetic & vigorous. No more running from walls to walls (kot 😅) HAHAHA. No more cutting the line also no more imagining and acting myself as a superhero with hallucinatory & insane superpowers. BUT, I'm still active in the way that I talk, think and react tbh. For a specimen, when sitting alone while listening to musics, I keep on thinking about random stuff such as the histories, the political stuff, the animals, my peers, my family, what had happened & what's about to happen to the world. Damn. What else? Yeah I do talk excessively. I keep on arguing. When people choose A, I'd Choose B. When there's only two paths which are the right and the left, I keep and bear in my mind that I want to be different from different, so I would dig another path which is the middle path. When it comes to having an eye-eye conversations with anyone, I would become emotional, I mean, sometimes I could be overreacting, too serious, too hilarious also too annoying but hey, I will be serious if the environment & society necessitates me to be momentous & critical.😣 Oh yeah, one more for those who've already known the deeper side of me, you'll be captivated to witness and look me when it comes to describing someone or something that I love, like & admire the most. Full of emotions weh! 😂.

What I love about having this "gift"?

• People feel comfortable being around me, probably because of my craziness & hilariousness.
• It teaches me to be more optimistic and it perseveres me.When I have a dream, I would break the barriers, swim the ocean and climb the mountains so that I could achieve what I've been procuring regardless of how challenging the obstacles are and the huge amount of people who says "NO" to me.
• It teaches me that equity and equality is crucial.
• Of course, taking risk without thinking the repercussions!
• I socialize more, I'm not choosy when it comes to making friends, regardless of their age, gender, skin colour, nationality, religion also backgrounds.
• It teaches me to be more compassion. To always lend a hand to those who are in need.
• Persistence. I set my sights on something & I do it. No disability will stop me from pursuing what I want.
• I have different perspective from others. For a very easy "analogy": when a non-vegetarian who orders a fried rice which then when it comes to the eating part, that person puts the vegies aside, while me? I could simply tell the waitress or the waiter to "dont add or put any vegetables on the dish". 😉
• It's about contagious motivation. It's about how I drive my passion & knack for out of the box thinking.

So yeah, after 19 years of breathing on this planet called Earth, Ive finally figured out why I've been acting so peculiar from others. Ive finally met the answer of my family & relatives did not want to tell me about the disorder that I'm having. Now I know who I truly am. I've realised that nobody or anything could stop me from chasing what I love, my passion also my dreams. The disorder had made me who I am today, a person who strives for more assorted challenges & experiences, to know more about the society and environment of the world also to travel the world so that I could explore more about myself. And yes, Thank you to my family especially, for taking goodcare of me, for being my backbones, for being the ones tho who carry me up when i'm drowning. You all are irreplaceable and wonderful. I love you all so much. Well, that's all for today's sharing session. No worries, I bet there are some of you who still cant accept this but hey. I will always be the Arif Iqmal that you all know. 💓😉