It really does hit the nail bang on the head. I honestly hate when people downplay our struggles. So hopefully that analogy put it into perspective for some people who are NT snooping around. 👀😂
I wish we all knew the answer, for us with adhd the sky can be the limit. We dare to dream and achieve big so it can be hard to manage those expectations. Leave it with me and I’ll cover this shortly in a newsletter this is something I am actively working on at the moment
Hi Luke, I got a lot from this, thanks for writing. What's funny or ironic is that today I have been writing a post, I have an outline, I have a key point, but there are a lot of branches that I want to include, I can't include them all, it would be too long. I can't decide what to keep. So I have left it for a while (I'll figure it out later).
The post is about the "Paradox of Choice" and decision fatigue features heavily. It took reading your post to realise I experienced the symptoms whilst writing about them.
Hey Mark! Thanks for reading my friend. I felt exactly the same when writing my post. Paradox of choice is very interesting subject and something i would love for you to finish when you have the chance too, so no pressure but let me know when it's finished (hit you with a little bit of accountability 👀 😂)
This was super on point and many great tips - thank you!! I always have the intention to set up delivery for food, this is a pain point for me, I end up running out of everything, not eating properly for a couple days (which has a double negative effect on everything else) then going to the supermarket at at shitty time and getting totally overwhelmed (thanks to the 'tism) I find it so stressful in there - everytime I'm in the supermarket I think "I have to se up online shopping" alas I stay in the same cycle. I know I could help myself by setting up online shopping, but I get blocked by other "priorities" in my brain and overwhelmed by getting started. I think this is related to my struggle with transitions too. Changes in systems (I'm just so used to leaving the house for groceries - it's like a pattern some part of my brain doesn't want to change). Then sometimes the thought process alone of setting up a system exhausts me, and there is for sure some internal demand avoidance going on. Anyway, all of that to say setting up online shopping is one of those things I just never do.. Hopefully brain dumping why that is here may help me break that pattern!! Haha it seems so simple but my brain making it so complex.. classic!!
"Executive dysfunction makes prioritizing tasks feel like solving a Rubik’s Cube." I feel that statement so hard! It's a perfect description.
Thanks for reading!
It really does hit the nail bang on the head. I honestly hate when people downplay our struggles. So hopefully that analogy put it into perspective for some people who are NT snooping around. 👀😂
I feel it’s my expectations that are the problem. How can I manage expectations in a way that doesn’t leave me feeling a failure?
I wish we all knew the answer, for us with adhd the sky can be the limit. We dare to dream and achieve big so it can be hard to manage those expectations. Leave it with me and I’ll cover this shortly in a newsletter this is something I am actively working on at the moment
Hi Luke, I got a lot from this, thanks for writing. What's funny or ironic is that today I have been writing a post, I have an outline, I have a key point, but there are a lot of branches that I want to include, I can't include them all, it would be too long. I can't decide what to keep. So I have left it for a while (I'll figure it out later).
The post is about the "Paradox of Choice" and decision fatigue features heavily. It took reading your post to realise I experienced the symptoms whilst writing about them.
Hey Mark! Thanks for reading my friend. I felt exactly the same when writing my post. Paradox of choice is very interesting subject and something i would love for you to finish when you have the chance too, so no pressure but let me know when it's finished (hit you with a little bit of accountability 👀 😂)
Haha thanks I will. Time to buckle up 😂
This was super on point and many great tips - thank you!! I always have the intention to set up delivery for food, this is a pain point for me, I end up running out of everything, not eating properly for a couple days (which has a double negative effect on everything else) then going to the supermarket at at shitty time and getting totally overwhelmed (thanks to the 'tism) I find it so stressful in there - everytime I'm in the supermarket I think "I have to se up online shopping" alas I stay in the same cycle. I know I could help myself by setting up online shopping, but I get blocked by other "priorities" in my brain and overwhelmed by getting started. I think this is related to my struggle with transitions too. Changes in systems (I'm just so used to leaving the house for groceries - it's like a pattern some part of my brain doesn't want to change). Then sometimes the thought process alone of setting up a system exhausts me, and there is for sure some internal demand avoidance going on. Anyway, all of that to say setting up online shopping is one of those things I just never do.. Hopefully brain dumping why that is here may help me break that pattern!! Haha it seems so simple but my brain making it so complex.. classic!!