You have things you want and need to do. You want to do -something- but you just can't. This is based on my recent struggles with ADHD, executive dysfunction is a bitch.
I am blown away by these images, it has gotten me thinking about my own experience with ADHD and how this past year I have finally found myself making minor to major improvements (depending on the day) to this whole issue.
My issue is/was that my brain doesn’t want to switch from the “thinking brain” to the “doing brain” and my instinct for dealing with this was always “think harder” which is very counter productive. The “doing brain” should be automatic, which is why people like to tell people with adhd to “just do it” not realizing that we don’t have the same automatic systems functioning as they do. It’s also where the idea of “flow state” comes from.
What I started doing instead was trying to fix the “doing brain” by practicing mindfulness, meditation, journaling, getting proper rest and nutrition, going on walks often, just in general practicing to subdue my thinking mind. I treat it like a machine that needs maintenance instead of trying to emphasis the important of whatever I need to do upon myself. It took a couple months but I found that suddenly I am able to say (sometimes) “this is what I have to do” and I just… do it. Of course I still have adhd and some days my brain just isn’t having it, but I do think there are ways we can strengthen our “doing” systems and control the thinking mind. I think the biggest mistake we make is by trying to bully ourselves into things using our thoughts. Sorta like what’s happening in this image here. Thinking harder about doing things is just making it more impossible for you to do it.
