About Me

I?m Douglas Cootey, and I?ve been blogging here since 2005. Before that I blogged for years into a tiny text file called ?what?s_new.html? and hosted it on a site so old not even archive.org remembers it very well. I would update that blog via telnet using vi. I also wore corduroy pants with platform shoes at the time. It was very exciting.

I started out blogging about mental health in order to accomplish three goals.

1. First, I wanted to overcome the stigma. I couldn?t talk about my ADHD or Depression without feeling shame. The method I used to overcome this was self-deprecating humor. It worked well. Considering how many times I screw up my life in a day, I had plenty of source material. Still do.
   
2. Next, I wanted to reach out to others who shared my issues. After many years of trying to build a community here I discovered something: People with ADHD don?t remember to come back. Poor dears. I could, however, count on women married to men with ADHD to visit regularly. They would visit often, vent their spleens, and then after a few months move on. Even my short stint at HealthyPlace.com failed to create that utopian community I dreamed of. However, all is not a failure. My blog has reached thousands of people, many of whom send me emails thanking me for what I have written. The stigma is strong, so they stay in the dark, but their hearts are touched. I have always considered this the greatest success of my blog.
   
3. The last goal was to train myself to be a writer. I first worked on posting regularly. Then I worked on posting within a word count limit to train myself to discard my work without fear, focusing only on the best concepts to put forward. Now, I am writing in my novel so much I have a hard time coming back here to write about mental health, and this is a very good thing.

My new blog is at http://www.douglascootey.com. I will likely touch upon mental health from time to time since I live with the fun specters of ADHD & Depression daily, but the focus will be on progress, not process. I want to move forward; it is time.

You can follow me in a variety of ways:

http://splinteredmind.posterous.com - The original site for the podcast, which is mirrored on this site.

http://www.douglascootey.com ? My new blog is called ?Absentminded Author? and I foresee great things coming from it. Like words & such that prove I?m not making a mistake trying to be an author while they shimmer and entertain.

http://www.cootey.com ? My dusty old site in need of a new paint job.

Darkstream on Flickr ? A collection of photos, because I can?t stop taking toy camera pictures with my iPhone.

If you?re interested in what music I listen to you can follow me on Ping or Last.fm.

I am TheLaughingImp on AOL/iChat.I?m on Gtalk, too:


Lastly, you can follow me on Twitter for my ADHD escapades at @SplinteredMind or my novel writing progress over at @DouglasCootey. And if you?re a glutton for punishment you can friend me on Facebook as well.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSplinteredMind/~3/2iXS493pziA/contact-info.html

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