#adultadd

[adhdbri]

I am a very indecisive person and I honestly think it’s because I get analysis paralysis. If I’m offered too many choices, my brain gets super overwhelmed and I either will completely withdraw from making a decision completely, or I will choose a random option. It’s a major problem when I have limited time to make a decision, so I like time in advance to consider my options and choose one before I need to actually commit to the decision. Are you good at making decisions?

[wiltedeyesandtwistedlies]

I obsessed over an organizing project, worked out every single detail and category and subcategory.

And now it’s finished.

And existence is so so heavy.

[mytraineronlinejt-blog]

https://www.mytraineronline.co.uk/2020/03/03/im-too-hard-to-meditate-2/

[jessejunkocreates]

Focus Pocus!?! Do you struggle with staying focused? I am excellent at staying focused and helping others stay focused BECAUSE I STRUGGLE with it too. Sounds weird right? Here’s the deal : identifying, acknowledging, and accepting our struggles and patterns elevate us to transcend them into our super powers. Sounds simple now right?! It is and it isn’t, the key is having support. I love sharing and teaching these tools to my Fashion Therapy Clients! Fashion Therapy is a 6 week 1 on 1 Spirit Styling Course designed to discover, unearth and connect passions, values and mission to personal style for passionate women dedicated to change and growth. I’m here to hold the line for you and to help you show up authentically, powerfully, confidently YOU. This post inspired by my sweet and talented friend @_ellipses_ who’s art is hanging at @damianiwinecellars. I’ve been honored to focus with Nicole on beautiful collaborations and to help her focus her biz sights too. 🙏🏽 ❤️ 🖼 . . . #focus #stayfocused #focuspocus #accountability #accountabilitypartner #partner #add #adhd #adultadd #fashiontherapy #spiritstyle #stylist #coach #stylecoach #personalstyle #confident #struggle #superpower #strugglebus #strugglesintostrength #strong #confidencestylist #fashion #style #art #imageconsultant #fashionconsultant #artbroker #fashiondesigner #stylesupport (at Damiani Wine Cellars) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfuLYvvpoby/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[inwardboundseagypsy]

Are we EVER going to break free from the demand of an online lifestyle?

I was raised in the 80s. I used to love to read, and I still do; however, I find it so difficult to dive into a good book these days. It’s in part because of my adult ADD and most likely majorly a side effect of a changing world. I really did some deep thinking today to try to pin point why I simply can’t sit down and get interested in a good book these days, and the answer unveiled itself. Social media and technology paired with parenthood = DISTRACTION! 

When I was a kid, we had one TV in the house. I was part of a family of six, with FOUR brothers. I NEVER got to choose what was put on the TV. I spent my Saturdays watching HE-MAN and Duck Tales, G.I. Joe and the Three Stooges. My afternoons were what my mother wanted to watch. One Life to Live, General Hospital, Little House on the Prairie and MASH. And then in the evenings, but mostly on Friday nights, there was finally something wholesome for the whole family to enjoy. Those were special nights for us. We had ALF, Family Matters, Full House, and the Muppets. But, most days and nights, I filled my social anxiety and hours of boredom with BOOKS! 

Back then, there were no cell phones, PCs, social media platforms...nothing of this nature. There was one TV shared by the whole family, and if you didn’t like what was on, or if it was a boring rerun, there was no streaming platform like Netflix or Hulu to simply switch on. So, I’d run to my bedroom to read a good book. I was especially into the Sweet Valley Twins books, and could read one book per day. I used to get so excited during Christmas, because I’d receive 5  books that I could use my entire Christmas break to plow into.

But now...as badly as I’d love to read a good book, I put it down after a chapter. Or I barely make it through one chapter before hearing the sound of the dryer stopping, or having to make my kid a snack, or scratching that itch to surf Facebook or Pinterest. Maybe I forgot to respond to a friend on WhatsApp, or advertise the release of a new pattern I had designed on Instagram. It’s literally just TOO MUCH and it’s contributing to my stress in a very bad way. I end up feeling completely overwhelmed at least once per week to the point that I just feel like curling up under a rock, and not coming back out until life feels less chaotic. But it seems to be a never ending cycle.

While there is always the choice to simply not engage in social media, it’s becoming nearly impossible. With the onset of COVID, we are utilizing social media like we never did before. People are almost NEEDING to join a Facebook group in order to commune with other mothers as it pertains to finding resources to raise our children...with or without disabilities, with or without the option of homeschooling....the list of needs for the modern day mother are endless...the point being, that we still need to commune with other moms to feel “normal” in our day to day struggles but that we simply don’t have the same face-to-face, in person exchanges that our foremothers once did. We are so busy, and so distracted, that we find the only thing we have the time to do is to take it online. Che schiffo! (Means, “how disgusting” in Italian.) Let’s not even get into talking about those keyboard lions who constantly provoke, judge and provide a toxic environment that nearly every online social community doesn’t seem to be void of. And then there are zoom meetings with teachers and work colleagues, online education, FaceTime with family instead of going to visit, etc. It just feels like nothing happens organically anymore.

So...literature for me seems to be a thing of the past. But here’s to hoping that as I grow older, I’ll grow “out of” my own addiction to social media, and it will possibly begin to play a small role in the background of my life, so that I can get back to enjoying tangible things like the smell of the pages of a really good book, and the solitude it offers me as I allow my mind to escape into a world of fantasy....because it truly was an escape from those difficult things in life we face everyday. Instead now, we pick up our phones, take it to the bathroom with us, peruse Facebook while waiting in the car to pick up our children from school (as opposed to having a nice conversation at the play yard with other moms), and let’s face it. Facebook...social media in general...is NOT an escape from our lives. It’s a giant slap in the face and heavy dose of what’s really wrong in the world right now. A constant, heavy burden of a reminder that people are even more stressed out than ever...and we are all desperate for human connectedness, yet none of us can seem to agree on anything, and none of us feel deeply connected to our friends anymore. We are just using the wrong platform in life to do so, and it’s bringing out the worst in us. We are losing the essence of the human connection. A non-verbal cue or reaction from a friend sitting in front of us. The inability to read the subtleties within the written words of our friends. The ease at which we can wrongfully perceive what we are reading, thus taking things completely out of context...these are all side effects of an attempt at preserving friendships online. And I personally think that it is costing us more friends than it is providing. The question is...what WILL we do about it?

[autumnjen]

Mini journals are happening! If I could just focus my add brain and get them finished. #minijournal #minis #journals #assortedpapers #assortedpapersartjournal #wildandfree #text #typewritertext #layers #doodles #acrylics #magenta #teal #createeverday #adultadd

[bkshowofficial]

I wasn’t a good dodgeball player but I did find the humor in this. If you can’t laugh at yourself...well 🤷🏻‍♂️ #adultadd #dodgeballjersey #loveyourself #adultadhd #adhdproblems #adhdcoach #mentalhealthawareness #dodgeballkitcollector #adhdkids #dodgeball #dodgeballshirt #hyperfocus #mentalhealth #adhd #adhdlife (at Ely, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7iJCh6lX_m/?igshid=wqimgz7411xn

[dory42wallabyway]

Ojai! Remember when I had a project taking macros with my iPhone and then got distracted by camping topless in the woods for a week??? 😆 I’m gonna come back at it 😁 #adultadd #somethingshiny #wasthatasquirrel #the100dayproject #photography #macro #iPhone #iPhoneXR https://www.instagram.com/p/B1PJW5dn7wM/?igshid=gqnke251yn4h

[zerotoahundredrealquick]

Am I the only one who packs literally right before you're about to leave?

too hard to type with long ass nails so ill leave this one as a short one.

also, fake nails help if you’re a fidgeter when you're bored, nervous, anxious, watching boring tv, watching any tv for that matter, at work, bored still, etc.

so maybe I procrastinate packing for a variety of reasons. and maybe one of these reasons is that it will shorten the amount of time I spend overthinking if I've brought everything?

food for thought.

[explorecanvas]

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[marsbar91]

I’ve always wanted to try meditation, until I think about the fact that you have to stop thinking about the excess and focus only on one thing. My entire creative process and way of life revolves around the fact that my mind wanders. If it didn’t I couldn’t come up with anything fun or different and I would just “stay on task” all day. Which is wonderful for work, but boring for pretty much everything else I do.

[ownerofpppartwork]

I love the braids... BUT.. HATE THE SITTING DOWN PART!!!!! MY ADULT A.D.D CANT STAND IT... #Boxbraids #blondeboxbraids #diva #adultadd

[lyricsart]

I meant to just find elastic far a repair. Really I did. #adultadd #tidying #sewingsupplyhoarder

[plexus1punchgirl-blog]

Apr 13, 2018

Well, hello Friday the 13th, and hello April. I can’t believe I let 2 weeks sneak past me since I last posted. The last time I posted I had just put in an order for a new set of Plexus products, and I hate that I haven’t been able to get my feet out far enough ahead of me to work them into my routine. I know it sounds like that should be a mindless step toward better health. “Just put them in your pill sorter, and be done with it Ro.” Unfortunately I’m an over-optimizer, and like to make sure that I’m taking things at the best time of day, best dosage, and grouped with supplements that will enhance and not hinder utilization of other supplements. It’s exhausting just thinking about it, but I believe it is necessary. The exact way in which you supplement is up to you. I am strategic and careful, and the down side of that is I’ve only gotten to try my Plexus Edge so far- Which I LOVE btw!!

At the beginning of the month, I began a working at a second job, waiting tables, yet again. I cannot seem to stay away. Well, actually I can’t seem to land a primary job that will pay all my bills, but that isn’t the point. I have always struggled with focus, organization, and staying on task, and in 2014 I was finally diagnosed with Adult ADD- very likely a remnant from my adolescence that went unrecognized. At the time I was diagnosed I began a mild dosage of Adderall. After almost 2 years of taking the Adderall, it had proved to be too hard on my body.  My cardio-respiratory fitness had plummeted, and my natural energy levels were non-existent. I had to make the tough decision to come off of the Adderall and deal with my Adult ADD once again. 

While it hasn’t been ideal, I reclaimed the strength to make it through a workout, and I almost have my 5K back in check. I still struggle with mental fog and seizure when it comes carrying out tasks that require focus and compartmentalization, and I imagined that starting this second job was going to pose a challenge. How would I juggle a section of tables in a restaurant after juggling 25 sixth graders all day? I knew the entire time that Plexus Edge existed and that my friend Shari on my Plexus upline had let me try it when I first began taking Plexus products over a year ago. It didn’t give me that same wasted feeling as the Adderall had. I ordered a bottle and started taking them the moment I started the second job. I will say without a doubt, the added benefits to my mental stamina and acuity are on target, and they come without cost to my physical fitness. 

I take the Edge as needed, because the demands of each day are different. The Edge works when I take it- the way that I want it to. The month of April is demanding a lot from me, and I’m glad I have the Edge to help me tackle not just the mundane but so much more. Next time, I’ll go over my report card for the month of March and how my progress/setbacks will help me set objectives for the rest of April and May. Until next time-

Doing it all for the added PUNCH!

[anadhdayinthelife-blog]

If you struggle to hold down a job, make reckless mistakes, find it hard to study, oppose what you have in front of you even if it's all you ever wanted, show people you love them by keeping them at arms length, take drugs but only because you enjoy it and can stop at any time, and seem to be oblivious as to why you're drawn to and the cause of chaos, chances are you're a Twat. The odds are also about the same as you having #ADHD. It's not only what you think it is. #adhdlife #adhd #life #adhdinspiration #adhdinfo #adultadhd #anadhdayinthelife #funny #meme #humour #socialmodel #socialmodelofdisability #addinspiration #addinfo #adultadd #add #addlife #ihaveadhd #ihaveadd

[hollybearl]

I’ve been in WORK MODE all day...I originally came to the basement for a workout, then the hot water tank & the plumber got in the way. I sat at my desk, put on some Academy lessons in the background & for my workflow going! My mind is so full it’s about to explode...I totally have so much to say but my mind is moving faster than my lips or fingers can go... #adultadd #brainstorming #personaldevelopment What’s next...I need a little brain downtime! Yep, I can take in a ton of information but I need to process & compartmentalize what I’ve learned. Then I can share it with you... #teachit #shareyouranswer #learnersareearners #dothework