We have a lot of kids at school who have been diagnosed with ADD and APD. I think a lot of times they go hand in hand.

Sometimes I wonder if I've got some APD difficulties, just by the goofs that I make. I love working with people, and can do repetitive skills very easily, but when it's something that someone is telling me how to do, it takes a billion times for it to sink in. I just don't learn that way. Maybe that is what it is for me, the way I learn things. I'm very much a visual learner, I have to read things and repeat things in order to do them well. I'm not just a "listen and pick it up" type of learner. I've always been the one who, when asked a spur of the moment type of question, has that "deer in headlights" look about them as well, lol. It can make you feel like an idiot, but it doesn't mean you are. It's just how your brain processes things.

When you find the kind of work that you do well, and that you enjoy, you'll succeed at it. We all have different abilities, we learn differently, and have various skills that we have success with, it's just finding the right place to put the to use and excel in.

You'll find your niche, it just may take longer than you like.