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The Tragedy of ADHD



The Tragedy of ADHD

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  5. @tugildur on

    My mother has made sure that i make a habit of putting my stuff in the same place it used to be.
    Eg. I live with roommates and we pool the money, and i pay the landlord so after 8 montsh of doing this. I instinctively put all cash ( like all all ) in this specific spot even without me remembering it.

    The only thing that i cant make a habit of is placing my phone on the same place it was before.

  6. @donkeypunch5138 on

    I can habit build very quickly. It takes me just a few weeks and I slip right into it.

    Work for example. After a couple weeks of waking up with an alarm clock in the morning, I almost dont even need the clock anymore because my body will just wake up every day around the same time. If im used to waking up at 6am, my body will start to wake itself up around 5:45 and I always end up waking up, looking at my watch and being like oh its time to get up I guess lol. Every single day. It doesnt matter if I stay up till midnight or go to bed at 9pm or if I couldnt sleep and didnt get to bed till 2am. My body will wake itself up everyday in that 5:45-6am window.

  8. @ArtByHazel on

    I feel everyone who are dealing with this condition.

    The good news is…

    It is possible and it takes a lot of effort to create that habit with a good reward system to make it happen.

    Right now, I have to allow imperfect actions to be part of the process.

    Also I’m okay with being imperfectly inconsistent in areas that aren’t my best interest. Focusing on my strengths is better than trying to focus stuff that’s draining my energy.

    Don’t give up.

    You’ll find a way that works for you. 🔥

    Either way…

    You are enough for being here.

  9. @eurospicy on

    As a person with ADHD, I need more than 2 weeks to build a habit. It took me about 90 days to get into the habit of preparing breakfast — now I’m invincible. Dinner’s still a work in progress. My goal is to start meal prepping twice a week and share the journey with others.

  15. @erika_evdokimenko on

    I wish it worked that way! If ADHD was tameable by some mild self-discipline! But the truth is, no matter how hard you try it never gets easier! The most torturous symptom of ADHD for me is the cursed "task paralysis", despite the myriad tricks, heuristics and self-manipulations I learned through years, when it hits – I'm doomed. Only meds can make a difference, but not always.

  20. @jrr2045 on

    Ok. I don't often disagree with dr K. Today I do..This is damaging for ADHD'ers to hear, because it is wrong. Sorry for being harsh, but two weeks to form a habit for people with adhd?? What adhd'er EVER had a habit stick after 14 days of practicing it? That's very unrealistic in my own experience. I took part in a psychoeducative course for people with ADHD. Every single person in that room agreed that habit forming was extremely difficult and next to impossible to make anything stick, regardless of how long it was practiced. People said it only kind of worked if the action was repeated for a minimum of three months. But the majority said it's more like six months of consistently doing a habit with a shit ton of effort, and then it started feeling just a little bit easier to do it.
    BUT, if we forget one or two times, and don't get a visual reminder or a hundred alarms every single day, the habit *dissappears* and we *forget we ever had that habit*. It is SO demoralizing to one day suddenly realize you actually stopped taking your morning vitamins (or whatever the habit is) four months ago and didn't even realize it.
    Basically, I think we need to think differently about adhd and habits. We are not built to form habits, and that is okay! Much better to just accept it and not have silly expectations of ourselves. I just know that I will never, ever have consistency in almost anything, so I HAVE to have a system of routines and reminders, and people around me to keep me doing what I have to do. My brain can't and won't automate anything except for maybe some of the most extremely dopamine inducing activities.

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