Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

massivelimestonecube:

heres an actually helpful executive dysfunction tip that isnt “just do one thing so you can do other things” or some bullshit

narrate what you need to do. out loud. in the present tense and first person. “i’m picking this shirt up off the floor. i’m picking is empty can off the floor. i’m putting the can in the recycling. i’m putting the shirt in the hamper. i’m taking the hamper to the laundry room.” etc. it’s one of the only actually effective things ive figured out. i think what happens is it tricks me into thinking im already doing the task, which is the hard part (starting). keep doing it as you do the task until the initial frustration is alleviated. give it a shot if you want. or dont im a blogger not a cop

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adhd gothic

gorthu:

• you are holding a thing. its in your hands. you look away for five seconds. you are no longer holding the thing and you cannot find it anywhere. you did not move from your spot. you do not know how this happened
  
• you are scrolling down a website. you see something nice and you decide to read more about it. you scroll up to look into it. you see something nice. you decide you want to read more about it. you forgot the first thing you were going to search. you scroll down in hope to remember. you see something nice. you decide you want to read more about it.
• there is a tear in one of your favourite outfits. you decide you can fix it. you grab the sewing supplies and put them down while you research how to do it. an hour passes. you wonder why there are sewing supplies by your bed.
• where are your glasses? 
• there are three cups on your bedside table. you venture into the kitchen. you decide you want some water. you bring it back to your room. there are four cups on your bedside table.
• youve had a towel around your shoulders for the past three hours. you are going to shower.
• you’re watching a movie. you pick up your phone to have something to do while you watch the movie. you pause the movie. two days pass. you still havent finished the movie.
• repeat to yourself so you wont forget, you think. repeat repeat repeat repeat. you no longer remember anything else but it. you look to the side. blue is a nice colour. what were you thinking about?
• your leg wont stop shaking. it has a life of its own. you are not in control.

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nehirose:

notcaycepollard:

direhuman:

Executive dysfunction is like all of your abilities are on cooldown and you’re mashing buttons to try to do anything but your brain is just like “i can’t do that yet. that’s still recharging. i can’t do that yet. that spell isn’t ready yet. that’s still recharging.”

or like that one car scene in Winter Soldier:

“brain I really need to do this”

“nope”

“well what the fuck can you do???”

“how about browsing tumblr for five hours”

yep

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slyrider:

darkpuck:

shatterstag:

For everyone out there, i think the #1 thing that made me realise I had add/adhd is finding out that hyperfocus is one of the hallmark symptoms of adhd

I never considered I could ever have it until I discovered this. ‘Adhd is supposed to be about being unable to focus. I can’t have it if I can sit down and draw or read or play video games for 8 hours straight to the point of forgetting to feed myself, that’s like, the complete opposite of adhd. That’s just normal behaviour, right?’

JOKES ON YOU BRAIN THAT IS EXACTLY ADHD

GUYS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND

I WASN’T DIAGNOSED UNTIL I WAS SEVENTEEN

SEVEN FUCKING TEEN

AND WHEN THE PSYCHOLOGIST TOLD US ABOUT HYPERFOCUS

MOM AND I STARED AT EACH OTHER

BECAUSE I’VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE I WAS SIX.

@words-writ-in-starlight

slyrider:

anitas:

no casual interests we hyperfixate like men

@words-writ-in-starlight

(Source: anitas)

just adhd things

slyrider:

commanderfantasy:

adhd-queer:

• hyperfocus until u die
• unless u actually need to focus, in which case: no
• “if you cared, you’d remember”
• bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce
• “just write a note for yourself!”/“just get organized!”
• casual interests??? those aren’t real
• forgot to eat for three days oops
• time is a man-made construct and nothing is real
• when ur brain won’t shh so u can sleep
• “but ur so smart!!1” ok what’s ur point
• talking about a hyperfixation and ur very !!!!!! but ur audience seems uninterested and u get Sad™

•the cousin of forgetting to eat: my god I’m hungry all the time
•why are you so loud? I DONT LIKE TO REPEAT MYSELF
•could not tell thing you were trying to say for three minutes? It’s gone now. Doesn’t matter how important
•song stuck in head has been there for 2 days, you do not even like this song
•distraction distraction distraction and over focus over focus over focus
•my brain got better connection on the task at hand than my internet got connection to my laptop

@words-writ-in-starlight

WHOA STOP EVERYTHING

ARE HYPERFIXATIONS A THING

LIKE SPECIAL INTERESTS FOR ADHD

W H O A

quousque:

inkskinned:

anyone else get a fuzzy-restless feeling when you need to do something but your brain won’t focus on anything and you’re silently begging yourself to just do one thing but instead you’re scrolling tumblr even though you don’t even want to be … it’s like your head is filled with heavy electric cotton like you’re both uncomfy and unable to stop

oh hey someone wrote my autobiography for me

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thatadhdfeel:

That ADHD feel when youre constantly exauhsted and keep promising you’ll go to bed early and take care of yourself but then the second the sun goes down you have Endless Energy and are wide awake and it goes right through till you collapse of exauhstion at 5 AM. Lather rinse repeat until you get bad enough you pass out with the lights on in your normal clothes at 7 PM on a friday and dont wake up until 2 PM the next day. And the cycle continues.

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