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Mallory's Musings & Mischief
@malcircuit@thingy.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 years ago

If you're struggling #ADHD task initiation, don't waste energy trying to convince yourself why the task is important or needs to be done.

You already know what needs to be done. That's not the problem.

The problem is the doing it part.

So approach it like it's a puzzle to solve. Try to imagine as many different ways as possible you could do the thing. Be curious and creative. Be silly. The goal is to make the task genuinely fun for you to do.
Glyph
@glyph@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

pictured: me, realizing that my schedule and backlog are FINALLY clear enough today that I can realistically finish several pieces of extremely tedious paperwork that have been haunting me for literal months #ADHD
Anka Adamczyk
@adamczyk@pol.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Kochani, ja chyba muszę napisać tę książkę jednak. Bo chciałam mieć sielskie życie na prowincji, spokój, dzikie galopy po lesie, basen, literatura, psychoterapia, samorozwój, taka sytuacja.

A tu mnie wyjebali z pracy za związki zawodowe.

No i oczywiście nowy duch we mnie wstąpił, bo wiadomo, przy #ADHD to nie można marzyć o lepszej sytuacji, wreszcie kryzys, przygoda, dopamina się wylewa uszami, nastrój doskonały, energia jak jebany dzięcioł na spidzie, wszystko super.

Za miesiąc to odchoruję, nie martwcie się, ale na razie jestem w swoim żywiole, ale na razie nic Wam więcej nie napiszę gdyż albowiem ze strategicznego punktu widzenia byłby to błąd.

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Michael Bacon
@MichaelTBacon@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Currently experiencing what I call, for lack of a better word, "hyperfocus hangover."

Curious if other #ADHD folks experience this but I had to maintain hyperfocus for most of last week (because my goldfish brain wouldn't actually use the time I'd allocated ahead of time to not leave it to the last minute).

Now I'm in recover mode, mostly in a daze. Gonna try to grind out some administrivia that doesn't require too much thought, hopefully.
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

I always thought sleep disturbances were a universal symptom of @adhd. So much so, I was wondering if the other symptoms might in fact be caused by chronic sleep deprivation. Nope.

Turns out that less than half of us have trouble sleeping. 44.4% according to this study;

doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.663

So is it even an ADHD symptom? Yes. Huh? Turns out the prevalence of sleep disorders in the general population is significantly lower. 33% according to;

doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.2011