You probably have an underlying fear of failure that’s almost immobilising, and if you take the time to relax before completing difficult tasks, it’ll be more manageable. Half the time, task paralysis results from over or under-stimulation, and the other half is because of your anxiety. Fighting that urge only leads to procrastination, guilt, burnout and task paralysis. He told me that I should allow myself to become distracted, and eventually, my brain will come back around to the task at hand. The awkward silence from the class would have been so profoundly embarrassing had it not been such great advice. I didn’t expect him to take me seriously and offer advice. “Maybe it’s Maybelline, maybe it’s ADHD”, I said. I was in a class on discord last year, and we were talking about an assignment that I hadn’t started due to a lack of motivation. They may not apply to you, and I’m definitely not qualified to give genuine advice, but I’m sharing this hoping that some of it will be helpful to someone. So this is a list of the tricks and tips I’ve developed to manage my own health and day-to-day life. I know that ‘stick to a schedule’ is not a good enough coping mechanism. I am by no measure a mental health professional, but I do have that first-hand experience. It can be really discouraging when they can’t understand that ‘try harder’ or ‘just do it’ isn’t realistic or sustainable advice for you. When you’re explaining to someone with a neurotypical brain that you have trouble switching on, switching off and completing tasks, you’ll often be advised to stick with a schedule. Unfortunately, even the majority of mental health professionals are neurotypical and haven’t had that first-hand experience of life. Information around ADHD, especially in women, is wildly stigmatised and misunderstood, and many people simply aren’t aware of how ADHD works and all of its symptoms.
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