You set a full-day agenda. Half of the tasks get finished. By the evening, you feel like a failure.

The gap between expectation and what was possible? That isn’t laziness. It is an unrealistic baseline colliding with a finite nervous system.

Self-criticism won't fill that gap. It only makes tomorrow harder.

#SelfCompassion #ExecutiveDysfunction #MindsetShift

My kid's parents:

Me - The organizational skills of three separate raccoons, each with a different substance use disorder. Tidying habits & skills: very few, despite a lifetime of trying.

Her mother - Doesn't understand why anyone would own more than 12 things or leave them in places they don't belong. Tidying habits & skills: very few because who needs them when you don't make messes?

My daughter never stood a chance.

#shitpost #family #organization #executivedysfunction

If I look at what it takes for me to get 4 or more hours of sleep as a recipe, "drink at least 6 8oz glasses of water" is the main ingredient, without which it WILL fail. Why can't I do it? Oh, the very definition of executive dysfunction, you say?
(the margarita from a can didn't help)

I am going to track down Designing Women and see if it holds up for a rewatch.

#insomnia #executivedysfunction

@actuallyadhd @autistics

Hmm 🤔. Seriously wondering if I've lost an hour or if BST just started in the middle of my evening in the middle of the week?

I'm guessing the former but it really feels like a switch was flipped & the day / clocks just jumped forward by an hour in the blink of an eye.

This makes me sad & mad 😞😣😠.
I hate it when both my autistic & ADHD selves gang up on me.
Evening plans wrecked or tomorrow wrecked if stubborn me comes along & plays along with insomnia.

#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic
#TimeBlindness #ExecutiveDysfunction

Hey uhh, do you have trouble with executive function, getting stuff done etc? If so, do you also have trouble understanding what motivation is?

I can honestly claim to have a ton of motivation to achieve a goal, and then completely fail to make any progress whatsoever on that goal. Is this a common thing?

#Goals #Tasks #Motivation #Productivity #SelfHelp #ExecFunc #ExecutiveFunction #ExecutiveDysfunction #Procrastination #ADHD #Autism #Depression #Anxiety #Stress #Burnout #Neurodivergent