#goddamn executive dysfunction

[lilacs-and-memes]

🎶

You can tell by the way I browse my dash

I'm ignoring a task

No time to talk

🎶

[riddlemearose]

Ugh the most annoying thing about being a high-masking auDHDer is that you like actually accidentally trick yourself into thinking that maybe your disabilities aren't really that bad bc you've got them under control! So it's all good!!

And then something happens that you need to respond to and you get stuck in that annoying executive dysfunction paralysis, and the abrupt reminder that no I actually am that disabled is just... absolutely frustrating.

And then you can't get anything done anyway bc your emotions are shot and you need recovery time lmaooo what even is this.

[mirrorcatcreditcard]

I'm balancing Arcane binging and commenting, updating a fic I promised someone, and coursework; but guess what I choose first?

...if you said none of those, you're right.

[ijustwannabecanadian]

Pray for me guys, it’s the time of year where I have to pack up my life again. My flight home from university is on the 4th and my room is a mess. It looks like a tornado blew through it. Actually no a tornado isn’t severe enough, a hurricane, maybe

[ho-ho-homosxual]

In honor of my recent dentist appointment;

What award do you get for having your first cavity?

A plaque

[theshadowrealmitself]

Aw someone wrote a ficlet thing on one of my posts and I waited too long to look at it so I think they over thought it and deleted it :(

[boopjuice]

Fuck you, Executive Dysfunction!

Heard that instant reward systems work well for ADHD motivation because you can immediately have the positive response of reward after you complete an action, which is why ADHD kids struggle with homework but excel in things like video games. It partially fits with what research I've done into ADHD, though more research may further prove or disprove this, but i decided to give tasks I need to get done points and it works?

I've got stuff I have set up for everyday (showering, eating, the works) that I give a set point value. Then I have things that I need to get done that change day to day, and I assign them point values based on how urgent or important they are. Then I have things I want or want to do, and I have to earn and then spend that many points in order to do those things.

I'm trying to build in a system of reserve points, where half of any points earned and not spent at the end of the day get carried over into a points reserve for bad days where i don't feel like I can get things I need to do done, but can still give myself something fun without feeling guilty and making it worse. Sort of like all the extra tasks I did before giving me a safety net. If i use the reserve points, I can't collect any points for that day, and if I've already collected points I can't dip into my reserves. But hopefully it can help with depression days where you feel like you can't do anything productive but you also don't feel like you can do any of the things you want to do until you've done something productive.

I haven't been trying it out for long, but it's been really helpful in making sure the things I need to get done get done.

[xxv4mpyf4ngzz]

good ol my mom telling me how I should behave because she 100% knows how i act with MY mental illnesses

mm yes depressed people don’t play solitaire or use discord

oh wow that’s so surprising that i can’t shower daily or clean properly that’s so weird 🤔🤔🤔

[musical-chick-13]

If this post gets a note, I'll work on my fic.

[ladamedusoif]

I’ve been really bad at replying and responding to all the lovely comments and notes left on my fics. I promise that every single one means a huge amount! It’s just that stuff has been…a lot, lately. (I also have apocalyptically bad writers’ block at the moment so am in that “but I have no ideas and no way forward and all my writing is terrible anyway” mindset).

Anyway. I’m going to start responding properly and will probably queue stuff up so you aren’t just bombarded with me.

[peonyblossom]

the executives are dysfunctioning 😔

[finforkys]

I love having my belongings constantly go missing or ruined because i forgot where i left it. It is so fun and not frustrating at all. I'm totally not breaking down and crying right now :) :) :)

[fixation-central]

the fact that a year and a half's subtle work and over six months of overty pushing got me a dx with "executive function struggles" and nothing fucking else infuriates me

[appleebees]

where's that one post that's like "sitting in my room with the anxiety levels of something being hunted for sport"? i need it

[axxloe]

I need to work on managing the full 24 hours in a day to do whatever I want

[boardwalk-absurdist]

funny story, i just started working as a teacher at a special private school and one of the first classes i'm teaching (starting monday) is *executive skills*

as in, improving executive functioning

y'know, the thing that i've struggled with my entire life and still haven't really solved

we bout to learn together, children