#basic tasks

[bele-og]

anyone some tips for executive dysfunction and basic organization in rlly bad ADHD episodes (is it called like that??) I'm really desperate :(((

[executive-dysfunctioned]

ADHD is watching everyone else build careers and relationships while you're still trying to figure out how to consistently brush your teeth without it feeling like an insurmountable task

[bi-accident]

[seekingnonsense]

Things I notice I struggle with:

1. Cooking for myself and others.

* lots of noises and uncomfortable textures and smells.

* I struggle to estimate portions; I either make too much or too little.

* I can not tell how many ingredients are in something visually. This is apparently not normal; and you’re not meant to rely solely on instructions.

* Cooking without any instructions, exact times, ingredients, and measurements, makes no sense to me.

* I am physically unable to do most cooking if anyone is in the room. I get flustered, overwhelmed, my heart pounds, and i feel dizzy. It’s also just incredibly annoying and nerve wracking. But you can’t say that because they will think you are rude and hate them.

* I can not taste nor identify individual ingredients of something, most of the time. When I do, it’s extremely overwhelming, and makes me way too aware of my mouth. It makes me nauseas. I enjoy plain food.

* It is not normal to enjoy plain food. They will be upset if you give it to them, even if they don’t say anything.

* They will also get irritated if you don’t already know that they dislike plain food; ask what they like and research how to make it that way.

* Too, too much. It takes so much energy. Once it’s finished, I need time alone, I eat silently. But, sometimes I may sit down and cry. It’s triggered a panic attack a few times, but I can’t control that regardless.

[fencesandfrogs]

Trying to explain executive dysfunction can be wild like. Someone asked me once, “but how can you want to do something and not do it?”

And I stared at them like, “how does wanting to do something in any way correlate with your ability to do it?”

Apparently the idea of like. Wanting to clean your room but literally not being able to is foreign to some folks.

[keygateiron]

when anyone gives me a basic task

[welcometoyouredoom]