Submitted by overwhelmedwife on 01/11/2015.
My H gets extremely frustrated with technology. Each time we get new cell phones, he gets angry....and the anger lasts the entire time. We changed cell phone providers three times because each time he "hated" the service (blamed the service). He hates every phone, but will later say that a previous phone was better (it wasn't.) He truly can't use any phone. He ends up throwing them. He can't handle TV remotes either. He gets confused, pushes the wrong buttons (and then claims that he didn't do anything), and then throws the remote.
New versions of software upset him. He broke a computer after throwing it because of Windows 8. I don't like Windows 8 either, but I don't throw or break things. (lol...I mostly use my iPad!)
No, I think you'll find many
Submitted by sunlight on
No, I think you'll find many high-performing ADHD males work around tech, they are entranced by new versions, new toys, gaming, lots of variety, never the same problem two days running. I have know at least one who've made many millions in tech and been more than able to take the $ and manage finances. It is a mistake to assume all ADHD-folk, male or female, are hopeless with $$. For some, that is their focus. There has been more than one Fortune 500 CEO with ADHD. They often delegate the stuff they can't do.
No, my DH is very tech savvy
Submitted by Emily1997 on
No, my DH is very tech savvy however another ADHD man I know is the same as you mention. Another I know is frustrated routinely w/ his same phone but he is doing well with his medication so he deals with it.
Thanks!
Submitted by overwhelmedwife on
I know that ADHD can affect people different. Some are more impulsive, so that may also be a factor. I also wonder if age has anything to do with it. I know that "younger people" with ADHD have grown up with technology. My H is older (a lot older than me), so he didn't grow up with technology and has had to learn it or ignore it. HE often prefers to ignore it....and use the "now or not-now" philosophy that some ADHD people have. Ignores technology, makes little effort to learn or use it until he HAS to.....and then is very frustrated by it. H definitely has the impulsive variety of ADHD
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Submitted by I'm So Exhausted on
Yes, it frustrates my spouse. He is 57. TV remotes, cell phone - other than flip phones - his tablet, the computer - he struggles with them. On the other hand, our son, who is 25, grew up with technology, and he is quite a whiz. ,
My spouse is trying to learn e-mail. He can get to them, and read them. He is not at the place yet to respond or create his own message.
Liz
Yes, Tech frustrates my H
Submitted by MomNWife on
My H also doesn't get tech. He can barely handle it when I switch him from a flip phone to a bar phone. He still doesn't get to his voicemail easily, doesn't really understand e-mail or facebook and half the time can't even find the "Save as..." menu item in Windows. He hasn't even touched a Windows 8 computer. I dread the day when our current desktop with Vista dies because he won't have a clue how to operate the others.
Fortunately, he doesn't throw things, but I can't tell you how many times he has asked me or our kids to explain to him how to do something on the computer or ipad!
that's what I'm talking about!!!
Submitted by overwhelmedwife on
You are lucky that your H doesn't throw things .
My H doesn't want to admit that HE is the problem...it's always the THING that is wrong, broken, not working correctly in his mind. HE IS always the problem, but he can't accept that (weak inner core), so he insists that he's a "victim" and that his phone, laptop or whatever is "evil" (lol) and is trying to upset him. lol
When we show him HOW to do something, he'll claim that he tried that...he didn't! Or we'll tell him not to do something (don't press THAT button), but he will and then claim that he "didn't' tough anything.
Victim...:)
Submitted by c ur self on
Here is when we become victims...When we and others refuse to accept us for who we are...(A learner must desire to learn) When others seek to control or mold us into something we will never be:)
The death of Expectations and the Birth of Acceptance is the great door way to a peaceful life...