Structured SuccessSep 6, 2025

One reason non-ADHD'ers have trouble understanding ADHD is because they never adequately consider executive dysfunction.

They'll say "if you want to, you would," but a lot of times we desperately want to, and we still can't

Some of the biggest ADHD struggles are often getting ourselves to do the things we desperately want to do.

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@structuredsucc And sometimes you manage to push through with a lot of energy, and then you're already exhausted. And then people think you're purposefully "half assing" what you normally do well because you're being insolent or whatever.
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@monsoonrains @structuredsucc I found "if it's worth doing its worth half arsing" to help a lot with being gentle on myself.
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@econads

I've found that helpful as well. That, and "imperfectly done is better than perfectly not started"

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@structuredsucc that's also really good, hadn't heard that before
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