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Compassionate visionary. Methodical daydreamer. Forgetting to eat lunch. Seeing patterns, forming theories & creating ideas. #Artist #Design #Illustrator 🕯️35
Oct 16, 2019 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Tell them it's not a distraction problem, it's an energy focus and allotment problem. I started calling it "The ADHD Inertia Problem".
Object at rest stays at rest. Object in motion stays in motion. Trouble GETTING focused, and once focused, trouble SWITCHING tasks. ADHD is a dopamine deficiency. We don't get the same reward signals other people do when they finish things. That's innately not very motivating. Being terrified can be motivating, so many harness fear to get things done, which I believe is why so many ADHD have comorbidity.
Sep 9, 2019 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Thanks so much for sharing this experience. I'm definitely seeing the pattern of once an ADHDer can find a reliable focus, it essentially masks the issue for everyone around us until burnout takes over, because it doesn't cure or change the struggles we still have. The other interesting thing about this to me is that it really highlights the issue that ADHD is defined medically by the ways having it imposes on other people, more than how it affects the experience of the person who has it.
Sep 6, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
I posted an article about this, but ways "gifted" ADHD pass as high functioning is by using adrenaline to kick in gear. That means developing OCD like behaviors centered around anger, self hate & panic (aka anxiety). You learn acceptance and praise comes from a hell you create. When you try to step back on this, to literally safe your own life, people let you know how disappointed they are in you. They are confused because you set a standard they want to keep seeing, without the kinds of breaks and self-care you actually need to maintain your best self.
Jul 22, 2019 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
Perfectionism and shame are unhealthy coping mechanisms many #adhd folks use to motivate themselves. This article doesn't really give a very concrete solution though. It basically says "stop doing that". Well, we do it because it's what works to hide it. additudemag.com/self-criticism… Oh God, I totally do all of these.
It talks about stopping this and it's pretty clear why it's emotionally unhealthy and not sustainable, but ok... How am I supposed to "get by" if I'm not utilizing these harmful tricks?
additudemag.com/how-to-motivat…