#what executive function

[twohundredgeckosinatrenchcoat]

This task finally let me describe ADHD to my husband: trying desperately to get any use against The Horrors from cheaply made, unpredictable weasels. While blindfolded.

Also gif by @ms-skaterat

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

You Are Not Lazy

Executive dysfunction often looks like laziness from the outside. There's so much more to the story.

What It Looks Like: What It Really Is:

Lazy — Overstimulated

Distracted — Understimulated

Inconsiderate — Exhausted

Unmotivated. — Burntout

Irresponsible — Depressed

Stubborn — Anxious

Disorganized — Overwhelmed

Careless — Lacking Support

Impatient — Fear of Failure

Indifferent — Afraid to Ask Questions

Uncaring — Questions

Stupid — Trouble Getting Started

Rude — Uninterested

Thoughtless — Time Blindness

Inconsistent — Time Blindness

Unobservant — Uninterested

Absent Minded — Difficulty Switching Tasks

Self Love Rainbow

[tj-crochets]

Links to the patterns I'm thinking of using: goat

werewolf (I don't have enough brown fabric so my werewolf would be gray) burger turtle

duck reindeer

[eldritchamy]

I'll tell you what I want what I really really want

I wanna- (my adhd interrupts me with a new idea) I wanna- (my adhd interrupts me with a new idea) I wanna- (my adhd interrupts me with a new idea) I wanna- (my adhd interrupts me with a new idea)

[mugwot]

the redwood gang!

Howie in his full glory, had to be hidden behind Ramsey to not blind us all (and because composition)

[pinehutch]

November was a Bad November to a degree I haven't felt in years. Depression at the can't-handle-basic-care-tasks-and-some-ADLs level. Work or nothing.

Somehow (I wish I could remember how), I came across the Finch app, which is like if you took the concept of re-parenting and made it a tamagotchi basically? Your "Finch" is a little birb that learns and explores and grows as you accomplish goals. The app is free and has no ads (premium offerings are available but don't seem necessary at all, and there's also a sponsorship option where you can buy a premium subscription that will be raffled off to a stranger with financial need); it's cute as hell; the "goals" start VERY simply and modestly and include (in the defaults) things like "literally survive the day" and "step outside my home." You can add as many goals as you like, schedule repeats, all that good stuff. But you can also - and I believe this is crucial - put a cartoon bird in a snow monster costume, and learn that it has beef with The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar.

It's legitimately fast, easy, helpful, and fun? All apps should be this way.

Anyway this isn't a sponsored thing or an official review, it's mostly just a preamble to me saying that I'm now obsessed with this nerd

[ghostlyheart]

as we approach the start of a new semester i'm sending all the compassion and empathy in the world to students who struggle with procrastination and what I affectionately like to call the Shame Monster that goes along with it. it sucks to always be treading water and feeling like a fraud to yourself and others, especially when it's something you truly care about. if you're always thinking "why can everyone else be responsible and organized but not me," your brain is overgeneralizing. you're not the only person to experience being overwhelmed and stuck. and even IF everyone else balanced their life perfectly, that wouldn't make you a bad person for struggling. if you care about something but keep avoiding it and don't understand why, there is probably more going than you realize. if your physical and mental health are being neglected, then you're never going to be able to accomplish what you want to do because you don't have any gas in the tank. it took me crashing and failing last semester for me to finally admit to myself that i was suffering from some SERIOUS burnout. i had this whole plan for research i was going to do over the summer and all these opportunities i wanted to take advantage of that i couldn't do because i was neglecting to take care of myself. the worst thing my anxious brain told me could ever happen did happen and i'm still alive. i hope that doesn't happen to you, but know you can recover and come back better. also: it's okay to stop wanting what you thought you wanted, or to take a different path than the one you were "supposed" to. don't do things because you think other people expect you to, or because you think it's too late to change your mind. that isn't sustainable. your college experience is for YOU, not for other people. you can do this!

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

hello fellow denizens of our beloved hellsite, please help me select my next book to read based on ZERO propaganda, only titles and cover vibes. here are The Options:

and here they are, all lined up and waiting:

help me, button-pressing site, you're my only hope!!

[isa-ah]

for people who have anxiety but live alone anyway: how do u deal with the panic? I live with 2 other people and still have bubble burst moments of random fear that only gets soothed by putting myself in someone else's eyeline. what do you do when the catastrophising starts???

[bywons]

AT A FAMILY FUNCTION RN SOMEONE ASSASSINATE ME RIGHT. N E O W.

[tenspontaneite]

Before and after pictures of my biohazard bathroom. So y'all can see this particular Horror I've been dealing with lately.

[averlym]

quick cleves doodle :3

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autistic and zoning out when the social battery runs out…

Neurodivergent_lou

[verved]

every day i am filled w rage at the knowledge that in the mainstream, adhd is rarely seen as the life-ruining disability it is

[guqin-and-flute]

BRAIN HACKING VIA POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT OF QUICK DOPAMINE REQUEST:

I have begun writing in PtL Are You Here To Stop Me again in a way that makes me optimistic that it will continue fairly easily. Headpat please.