Comments on: Justin Timberlake Says He Has ADHD and OCD http://adultaddstrengths.com/2008/07/03/justin-timberlake-says-he-has-adhd-and-ocd/ A Blog about Adults with Attention Surplus Condition (aka ADHD) by Adult ADD Coach Pete Quily Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:18:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Pete Quily http://adultaddstrengths.com/2008/07/03/justin-timberlake-says-he-has-adhd-and-ocd/#comment-838250 Pete Quily Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:13:08 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/?p=391#comment-838250 Thanks Mike. I don't think it's a joke, haven't read anything denying it. It did cause a lot of ruckus in the news, here's what google found "Results 1 - 10 of about 55,100 for justin timberlake has OCD and ADD" Thanks Mike.

I don’t think it’s a joke, haven’t read anything denying it.

It did cause a lot of ruckus in the news, here’s what google found

“Results 1 - 10 of about 55,100 for justin timberlake has OCD and ADD”

]]> By: Mike http://adultaddstrengths.com/2008/07/03/justin-timberlake-says-he-has-adhd-and-ocd/#comment-838204 Mike Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:42:38 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/?p=391#comment-838204 Hi Pete, I was very happy to see that you are trying to track confirmed celebrities with ADD/ADHD. There are FAR too many proclamations on the web of famous people with ADD, which are totally based on speculation...we need some hard facts. In lieu of that, I'm shocked that you would attempt to imply that Justin Timberlake actually has ADD and OCD based on this article. This is a merely a joke between him and the interviewer, regarding the manner in which Timberlake is arranging the tape recorders in front of him. There is no significant reference to either condition in the rest of the article. I'd also wager that if someone as famous as him did admit something like that, it would create quite a ruckus in the news. You've got a great site with a lot of good info here, so I'd imagine this is just an oversight, and I'd recommend correcting or removing it. Other than that, please keep up the good work. Hi Pete,

I was very happy to see that you are trying to track confirmed celebrities with ADD/ADHD. There are FAR too many proclamations on the web of famous people with ADD, which are totally based on speculation…we need some hard facts.

In lieu of that, I’m shocked that you would attempt to imply that Justin Timberlake actually has ADD and OCD based on this article. This is a merely a joke between him and the interviewer, regarding the manner in which Timberlake is arranging the tape recorders in front of him. There is no significant reference to either condition in the rest of the article. I’d also wager that if someone as famous as him did admit something like that, it would create quite a ruckus in the news.

You’ve got a great site with a lot of good info here, so I’d imagine this is just an oversight, and I’d recommend correcting or removing it. Other than that, please keep up the good work.

]]> By: Pete Quily http://adultaddstrengths.com/2008/07/03/justin-timberlake-says-he-has-adhd-and-ocd/#comment-777245 Pete Quily Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:55:57 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/?p=391#comment-777245 Thanks Becca, true, some do have the hoarding problem, but for many with OCD, having things out of place is so painful they don't say out of place for that long. Thanks Becca,

true, some do have the hoarding problem, but for many with OCD, having things out of place is so painful they don’t say out of place for that long.

]]> By: Becca Colao http://adultaddstrengths.com/2008/07/03/justin-timberlake-says-he-has-adhd-and-ocd/#comment-768631 Becca Colao Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:40:42 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/?p=391#comment-768631 Pete, thanks for this balanced thinking on a celebrity's ADHD- it's nice how you've thought through how his career and ADHD go together, without dramatizing or hyperbole. It's all not usually that simple, no? I'm so glad to see someone like him talk in an un-black and white way about this experience. I am curious about one thing: why doesn't he have to worry about clutter? (some ADHD+ OCD folks are super organized, but some suffer from hoarding) Cheers, Becca Pete, thanks for this balanced thinking on a celebrity’s ADHD- it’s nice how you’ve thought through how his career and ADHD go together, without dramatizing or hyperbole. It’s all not usually that simple, no? I’m so glad to see someone like him talk in an un-black and white way about this experience. I am curious about one thing: why doesn’t he have to worry about clutter? (some ADHD+ OCD folks are super organized, but some suffer from hoarding)

Cheers,
Becca

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