Please sedate me, Ramones!

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65110609

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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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.
Yeah, that’s very accurate. We can’t “just” relax.