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ADHD can feel like it gets 'worse' when we get older and have to organize ourselves more - the same thing can happen when we start working from home. For me, wfh is a double edged sword. It has it's upsides, but was also the reason I almost got fired and had to seek a diagnosis.

While I learned that I can generally concentrate better at home where I'm able to be inunterrupted or walk around when I need to, I was also unable to get myself to work for WEEKS without medication (and sometimes even now). I want to make a comic about how to deal wih this, but as I'm still trying to figure this out for myself (I feel like hardly any coping strategies work for me), I'll need a some more time to make it right. Also, this isn't trying to make a case for or against wfh!

Pomodoro technique = set a timer to 25minutes, then take 5 minutes break, repeat and adapt to your own time preferences

Body doubling = sit with someone in voice chat (without chatting) as you work, so you're less likely to wander off and start procrastinating

ADHD IN A PANDEMIC:

1) I sleep, work and live in my appartment's tiny bedroom

2) I am surrounded by distractions and almost always bored.

3) without a change in location, I find it hard to get into mindsets

4) I do not have access to most of my coping mechanisms... No gym, dance class, friends, coffee breaks with colleagues

5) I do not see the outcomes of my work. (I negotiate self government agreements with First Nations).

6) I am even more late than normal! I have a hard time discerning the passage of time, usually I rely on people around me who have structure. So I react to them rather than a clock or my internal, or lack thereof, clock.

7) I am having a hard time engaging.

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ethicallyvague

This is 💯 % the type of professor I want to be.

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hey! i’m kicking off the #ADHDInvasion hashtag for adhd awareness month with a comic about CONSEQUENCES, and how my lifelong failure to react to them has been a huge source of frustration for me and for the ppl in my life who rely on me. even worse, it makes me seem apathetic or careless to others, when in reality it weighs really heavily on me - i just struggle to show it.

the best way i’ve found to deal with this is accepting that shame-based motivation DOES NOT WORK AT ALL for me (which is hard to do, when it’s all that’s been modeled for you by parents/educators/bosses) and try to replace fear/shame based consequences with positive outcomes: i.e. instead of “everyone will be so disappointed in me if i don’t do this,” sometimes it’s more helpful to think “if i do this on time, i’ll feel so relieved, and everyone will be happy that i pulled through.”

check out the roster here and make sure you don’t miss the comics from all the other artists participating!

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