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Mar 10 at 2:13pmWeb
Show threadickplantMar 10

This might be a controversial opinion, but learning how to relax has been the best thing I have done for myself as an AuDHD person (other than getting diagnosed and medicated for ADHD).

Finding activities that work for me (breathwork and movement; edit: also music) for switching from busy to relaxed and back was super important.

And learning how to recognize when I’m about to crash earlier and earlier so I can do something about it.

I also really like the concept of the dopamine dial, where you turn the intensity of dopamine-producing activities up or down depending on what you need.

The Dopamine Distraction Dial: Increase Your Focus with ADHD.

You find yourself in a familiar position. You know what you need to do, but you don't want to do it.  The report is right there, and you ca

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Show threadproleMar 10
Careful though, because learning how to relax + executive dysfunction is a recipe for disaster.
Show threadickplantMar 10

True dat - that’s where the dopamine dial comes in handy, same for those same tools like breathwork in between switching from relaxing to doing.

I’m not going to pretend it’s perfect by any means, but I am better at it now in my 40s than I was in my 30s (only comparing medicated to medicated), so practice helps somewhat.

Show threadBestBouclettesMar 10
If you manage to have executive dysfunction but not worry about it, I think it would be a massive win. You can work your way around it, instead of fighting it and feeling guilty
Show threadproleMar 11
As long as you can afford to live comfortably
Show threadAgent641Mar 11
Turn on the “relax” lever and then you can’t find the energy to turn it off again because you are in relax mode and that counts as work, like an elevator button to a Jew on Shabbat
Show threadmonkeyman512Mar 10
I think the key misunderstanding is in the word “just”. It implies that being relaxed is a state that will happen on its own if you allow it. But in reality for us “to relax” is an action we need to do deliberately.
Show threadickplantMar 10
Yeah, that’s very accurate. We can’t “just” relax.
Show threadBestBouclettesMar 10
Learning and practicing cardiac coherence has helped me a ton too. I do 10/15 minutes a day, it’s really nice to reduce anxiety