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Then hating on yourself for not doing anything.

Do one☝🏽thing☺️ I got it - 👁️understand😎

And watching TV cuz you just can’t

Is this adhd? Really

My husband describes it, and lives it, exactly that way! It does seem to be completely exhausting, even though I can’t understand it.

When l lived in a State with Legal Cannabis smokable l used Sativa to calm my ADHD brain 🧠 down Now l live in a State that has legal Cannabis but no smokable & ingestion does not work the same as inhalation I can only hope over time inhalation will be approved & l can return to a calm brain 🧠

I just figured it was all due to my autism and ADHD. Now I think I have Pathological Demand Avoidance. Yay! A name for starting a project with enthusiasm until I realize I should do it, then don't.

Me almost to a T.

Thank you for validating my life.

... and then spending 2 hours re-reading old email messages and cleaning your inbox because surely that fixes everything, no?

I tell my husband that my mind works so fast and that's why I easily go from one subject to the other lightening fast.

It doesnt need to, or can't be thrown into the anxiety/depression bucket either, Sport.

Well that must suck.

Agreed! Have been stuck getting my head into my open source software for a month! Stressed, sweaty palms and a brain block. Lived with it unmedicated for 73 yrs. Glad I'm retired 😜

I think you just diagnosed me!

WHOOOOOOOO executive disfunction! I'm replying to avoid all the things I have to do! WHOOOO!

On repeat

You just described me today. Think I'll just sit down for awhile, do some crochet and veg. ALL of it can wait.

The executive dysfunction of it all is something I am experiencing right now. Not diagnosed, but ehh, quite certain at this point.

Is this an ADHD thing? In school, when you had to do a project or write a research paper, you picked huge complicated topics, have a great vision in your head, then doing it became harder and harder bc you either couldnt stop researching or the 1 topic became 10 related topics you couldnt fit?

Woke up at three in the morning for some power worrying. Had the brilliant idea to make a list of priorities, today. Sounded great enough that I got back to sleep around 5 am. That idea - ruined my entire day with some massive executive disfunction - over the list of priorities. Only ADHS …

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Nailed it.

Retired @76, loss of daily regimen of job is my ruination. Dog passed with cancer, not walking enough, turning into a hermit. Getting too comfortable, and hating it. Procrastination & Instacart are my enablers. Rusting in place...no bueno!

Excellent description. I have ADHD and my executive function doesn't kick in; I struggle to start tasks because I feel so overwhelmed.

For starters, anyway.

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Yup! I went from being best under pressure to now doing all of those things!

that loop is so familiar for ADHD brains — thinking, stressing, worrying, then the executor just... stalls. not laziness, a traffic jam between intention and start. naming it that way already loosens it a little.

I totally have that. They said it was depression and put me on antidepressants. No wonder they’re not working.

👋

Me too!

yup 😔

SPOT ON!

Yes.

And then shutting down and not being able to do the things at all.

Exactly 👍