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I'm curious bc I don't know how it feels, so please don't take this the wrong way: how does the executive dysfunction feel in those moments? Is it like a strong feeling of "Nah, I don't want to finish" or does it seem to be an actual mental block preventing you from finishing the task?
Either way, do you feel more able to finish the task if you let some time pass?
For me it's like a mental block, my desire to do something doesn't go away. (I also sometimes just have no motivation to do something, but that's a different thing I think).
Like I can stand in front of a simple task that I could easily do in just a few minutes, that has no complications, and that I really want to do, and just be unable to do it. Nowadays I just walk away cuz I know I won't be able to do it now but may if I just try again later. But when it first started happening I'd stand there trying to get my body to do it for hours sometimes, usually ending in me crying and feeling terrible.
Thank you for the explanation. I'm glad you found a way to avoid feeling terrible about not finishing a task by just trying again later
You're welcome!
The one downside is that, while this works for me and I usually don't feel bad, this doesn't work well for external deadlines. And NTs don't like it (but fuck them anyways)
Whether they like it or not, this is what you need for yourself to be able to finish a task, so no matter what they say or do, you are in the right to accommodate yourself, especially when they refuse to
I think there are diffrent kinds. The one common to adhd is dopamine disregulation. So picture moving a pile of bricks for no reason. Not painful but you just don't want to right. Any task that doesn't give a dopamine rewards tends to be downregulated. So that feeling is the same you get about luandry. So like, I could but my body tells me to not waste the energy. Like, literally anything else is more important to do so don't waste time on that.
There are some people that experience it like the feeling of not wanting to touch a cactus. I don't have much experience with that.
Thank you for the explanation
When I start it, I feel like it will take a certain amount of time, and I feel like I'm not able to commit that amount of time to a task. Even when it's less than five minutes, I feel like I'll get frustrated doing only one task and then have to leave before I can finish. So a mental block I guess
It's so strange because when I'm working I love having one straightforward task, but when it comes to things I have to do for myself it's so much harder
Oh my, yeah I can see why this is so frustrating. I don't know of any tips that might make it easier to deal with, I really wish I did. But there's probably tips and tricks to get around the executive dysfunction or just straight up work with it (right?).