#that being executive dysfunction

[lonesome-pear]

God I hate living at home

[acmelab]

questionable priorities 😑

[linoyes]

[fintrafeatherfall]

HAPPY HALLOWS EVE EVERYONE!!!! ENJOY THIS NIGHT FULL OF FUN AND SCARES, AS IT ONLY COMES ONCE A YEAR!!!!!

no text version as well!,

white pumpkin drawing felt like destiny for Halloween heheh

i could fix her i think

[lazylittledragon]

isn't it weird how if you get up at 7 or 8, do your work all day, then have free time and go to bed at 11 that's absolutely fine

but if i said i get up at 10, do fun stuff in the morning then work in the evening and go to bed late, i could be called lazy, nevermind that i'm getting just as much or MORE work done as i would in a traditional work day

[femphrodisiac]

i should literally be in the arms of a handsome butch right now and feeling their strong hands groping and exploring every single fold on my soft body while i kiss them sweetly and giggle every time they pinch me but instead i am forced to brave through The Horrors

[coquelicoq]

the executive dysfunction is not going to win today. i am winning. pay no heed to the fact that i am on tumblr writing this post instead of doing a task. i am winning. i am winning. i am winning.

[auschizm]

Asks I'm comfortable answering:

Specific questions about autism and/or being schizo spec

Is X an auschizm thing?/Do other auschiztic people experience X?

Vents not expecting solutions

Can you elaborate on/explain X

General commentary on my content/posts/blog

What's your opinion on X?

Requests for validation, support and encouragement

Asks I'm not comfortable answering:

Requests for in depth academic/scientific resources

Requests for elaborate in depth explanations of either diagnosis

Being asked to talk people out of self harm/suicide/homicide

Being asked to diagnose people

Being asked to take on the role of a psychiatric professional in any capacity

Which includes being asked how to successfully cope with/recover from something

Asks not at all related to either the autism spectrum or the schizo spectrum in any capacity (those will usually be deleted)

[furiousgoldfish]

Sometimes things aren't easily done because we need to build up a momentum first. If you can do things consistently, you don't notice this because you almost always have that momentum. If you've been getting things done every day, it feels natural to be able to continue, or to go on and to more complicated projects and jobs.

However, when you've been lying in your bed for the past week/month, it feels incredibly difficult to imagine that you could just get up and start doing complicated or difficult tasks. Your confidence is low, your track record is hurting you, you feel it's a miracle if you manage to even get up and grab some food from the fridge.

But if one day you manage to feed yourself, and maybe even wash a dish, or do some sort of a chore, and the next day you manage to clean a little, or make an actual meal, and then the next you're doing your laundry and have fresh sheets on your bed, then you have gained some momentum, then you could actually go and socialize, or do a non-chore task. Doing multiple simple tasks ensures confidence to do a bigger one, granted that you didn't waste all of your energy doing the simple chores.

This why sometimes doing things related to a complicated project, without doing the major things, can help, because just by doing simpler tasks you're gathering confidence and momentum, you're building up to a place where it no longer feels so unbelievable that you could do something complicated that takes skill and brainpower.

And sometimes, when you're chronically ill, you start building up your momentum and then your state worsens and you end up back in bed, your momentum interrupted and your confidence back at the bottom. It's difficult to get to a place where you have momentum, if you have no energy to build it. Nobody could just get out of bed and immediately preform miracles, we need to be able to do simple things first, small and easy tasks first, until we're ready to try for something more scary. Doing things makes doing other things less scary, and more possible, but if you're constantly interrupted, it's a struggle to convince yourself that one day you'll be able to do it.

[little-cereal-draws]

I started watching Taskmaster less than a year ago and it's helped my executive dysfunction so much. It is the ultimate "doing a minor task" hack.

A few of the ones I use a lot:

Wash your hair. Cleanest hair wins. Your time starts now.

Catch the bus on time. You must have everything in your backpack and have completed your morning routine before you leave. Person on the bus closest to the time it leaves, wins. You have an hour; your time starts now.

Wash and fold the laundry. Cleanest laundry wins. Your time starts now.

Complete the homework assignment. It must check all the criteria on the rubric. The Taskmaster will assess your answer on a scale of 0-100. Closest to 100 wins. You have two days; your time starts now.

Wash the dishes. Cleanest dishes wins. Your time starts now.

I know what this is not what Mr. Alex Horne had in mind when he made this show but it has improved my life so much

[bubonickitten]

Goblin.Tools

So, yesterday a friend told me about Goblin.Tools, which uses AI to break down tasks (intended for neurodivergent folks whose executives like to dysfunction). (Admittedly, right now it does use OpenAI's models, but the About page expresses an intention to eventually move to more ethical options.)

ANYWAY, I wanted to play around with it and the first thing that popped into my head was "break kneecaps." I expected it to give a snarky "I can't tell you how to do that" response, but... well, here are some of the breakdowns it gave me:

Does it have any useful advice regarding late-stage capitalism?

What if I want to multitask?

I can't decide which of these is funnier:

I'm supposed to be doing an assignment about AI right now, but this is my serotonin for the foreseeable future.

[ashes-in-a-jar]

Pulling my second all nighter in a row fighting the good fight (trying to finish a project by the end of September which I put off for 4 years)

Wish me luck, this has been plaguing me for a very long time

[gaywatch]

My biggest joke as a creator based on queer shipping is that I don't belong to three of the biggest ships in queer fandom history 😩

[tumbling-down-hills-and-stuff]

So my mom told me about a trick she read online to help switch focus from one thing to another, and it specifically works for me, someone with ADHD and Autism so I want to share.

Think of the thing you want (need) to do, and count down from 5 (or 3, or wherever, just count down) and after reaching 1, you do whatever it is you need to.

I know it sounds stupid or doubtful, but it literally works. Not all of the time, but enough that I’m grateful to it. I think it works for a multitude of reasons, but one of the main ones is because it sets a goal for a very specific time in the future. One of my worst habits is not doing something because I know I can do it later, but if I don’t set a very specific time to do it, it won’t get done. Sometimes it doesn’t get done even if I set a time, but that has more to do with not feeling a sense of urgency. However, we’ve grown up associating “counting down” with “going” or “doing” for races, in class activities, playing games etc… so we naturally feel a sense of anticipation when we hear or see a countdown. This also works when we think of a countdown as well.

It is something that has really helped with my executive dysfunction issues, so I want others to know of it too.

[liminalspacewizard]

[titan-god-helios]

the message i have been putting off sending for at least three weeks has been sent. sksjdjsjshdh it only took thirty seconds but ????!!?!???