#adhd

[dat-physics-gal]

yes but never say it like that again

[mattgrayyes]

[startheskelaton]

Haha! I will be on my ADHD medication this week but not my anxiety medication because for some reason it’s not able to refill yet

[kotnaur]

People with adhd be like "oh that reminds me"

[canadiancryptid]

Okay but this is 100% accurate

i love adhd. i have a lot to do at work today. i take my meds. i open the word document. i immediately misspell “benzodiazepines.” i go on tumblr to post “benzodiazepenis….” for the mutualés. and then it’s 45 minutes later and ive caught up on tumblr and checked the weather and read a fic and texted an ex and ordered new pens and looked up a recipe for chicken pot pie and posted about adhd and done zero work.

[bipolarmango]

My, at the age of 32: so yeah I got diagnosed with autism and ADHD which explains a lot

My parents: what do you mean you were just a strange, misbehaving and lazy child with no self-control or social skills

[callme-l]

I'm afraid I've received the neurodivergent curse

[theadhdgoblin]

[bowlifecomics]

It makes me happy when they listen

[chessb0r3d]

What I mean when I do not control the hyperfixation.

[capricandoitall]

Also, you don't have to do it right. For example, I have 2 brushes:

Electric, I'm feeling functional, 2 minutes is no big deal today. Might even top ot off with floss.

Manual - I'm lucky to be doing this at all, may not hit all the teeth, fuck i may not use toothpaste, but this is better than nothing.

Lots of space in between. And, hell, I I can floss but can't bring myself to brush, awesome!

All or nothing thinking is hell to live with, esp re basic self maintenance/care.

the most helpful thing i have ever seen from neurodivergent internet spaces is “THERE ARE OTHER TIMES OF DAY TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH”. this has genuinely saved me from executive dysfunction spirals so many times.

[peachdoxie]

There's a bunch of adhd advice out there that's like "people with adhd tend to work better under deadlines due to the anxiety so here are ways to artificially induce a stress response in order to get you to get work done" and it's like well what if I don't want to be stressed out all the time in order to function

[sailing-ever-west]

graph of what being hungry is like with adhd

[reasonsforhope]

By the way, you can improve your executive function. You can literally build it like a muscle.

Yes, even if you're neurodivergent. I don't have ADHD, but it is allegedly a thing with ADHD as well. And I am autistic, and after a bunch of nerve damage (severe enough that I was basically housebound for 6 months), I had to completely rebuild my ability to get my brain to Do Things from what felt like nearly scratch.

This is specifically from ADDitude magazine, so written specifically for ADHD (and while focused in large part on kids, also definitely includes adults and adult activities):

Here's a link on this for autism (though as an editor wow did that title need an editor lol):

Resources on this aren't great because they're mainly aimed at neurotypical therapists or parents of neurdivergent children. There's worksheets you can do that help a lot too or thought work you can do to sort of build the neuro-infrastructure for tasks.

But a lot of the stuff is just like. fun. Pulling from both the first article and my own experience:

Play games or video games where you have to make a lot of decisions. Literally go make a ton of picrews or do online dress-up dolls if you like. It helped me.

Art, especially forms of art that require patience, planning ahead, or in contrast improvisation

Listening to longform storytelling without visuals, e.g. just listening regularly to audiobooks or narrative podcasts, etc.

Meditation

Martial arts

Sports in general

Board games like chess or Catan (I actually found a big list of what board games are good for building what executive functioning skills here)

Woodworking

Cooking

If you're bad at time management play games or video games with a bunch of timers

Things can be easier. You might always have a disability around this (I certainly always will), but it can be easier. You do not have to be this stuck forever.

[str4wb3rry-fire]

no, i dont lose hyperfixations. theyre just moved to a different, slightly less used, shelf in my brain.