#adultadd

[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=

[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/

[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

[thewildpassionflower-blog]

Learning about myself one step at a time. #add #adultadd #anxiety https://www.instagram.com/p/B20NvMmF4IJ/?igshid=2tkti548i8kk

[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

[astridfierce]

This whole BLEEPING container... GONE! Because my ADD ass put them down in the cabinets instead of putting them in the BLEEPING fridge. So breakfast? Nah. Not for me. Not today. BLEEP you ADD! I'm so freaking done this week. #overit #done #Add #adultadd #wholecontainergone #waslookingforwardtobreakfast #crying #whenitrainsitpours #addstruggles #effitall

[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

[iamjustinlove7]

What's it like being an Adult with A.D.D. Let me explain. You have tons of thoughts racing through your mind all the time. _ You bounce from topic to topic in conversation.  You forget peoples names, loose things that are right in your hands.  You start projects and never finish them. _ Clutter drives you crazy, but you struggle with keeping things in order.  You forget conversations you have with people at the beginning of the day and then repeat the same thing to them later that day, like it was the 1st time. _ You can't sit still for long periods of time you have to constantly be moving around. You shake a lot.  You're restless. You get easily overwhelmed  if your  plate is too full. _ There's a lot that you want to do but you can only focus on  one to two things at a time. It's difficult to multitask without heavy structure.  Sometimes you feel like the world is against you when it really isn't. _ You compare yourself and your achievements to others. _ You're easily distracted and have trouble making eye contact with people. You can't function in Unstructured, Chaotic environments.  You talk too much to the point where people are annoyed and you even annoy yourself. _ You hate many of the things you do because you know it irritates others, but it's a internal battle daily to curb these behaviors because you don't know how to not be yourself. _ This makes you feel down and out and can lead to depression.  You get anxiety when people don't understand you and you're attempting to explain something of importance  to them. _ You often feel misunderstood, and alone. . Your moods go from High to low. You get tired a lot from all the thoughts in your head that physically and emotionally drain you. You get bored very easily which causes you to change careers & relationships often and can lead to being an unstable individual.  You constantly are looking for an adventure; something that's going to keep you stimulated mentally.  Loud noises irritate you. #adultadd #adhd #adhdprobs #adhdlife #squirrel #mermaidrings #marriedtoadhd #adultadhd #add #adhdawareness #myworld #numbertwo #facts #me #lol #addso #forgetful #memorysucks #ughthe #ugh #cantfocus #women

[lyricsart]

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