After Chaos

Writing for #ADHD brains who self-medicate, spiral, and still deserve kindness: #EmotionalHealth

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@focusmoapp Definitely, it's so hard to do without changing your whole mindset though...we need to remember that a break doesn't undo everything that was done previously and picking it back up is progress in itself

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True to type, I abandoned this project for the past 8 months. No grand fresh start here...just jumping back in #adhd #procrastination

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@CoralineHatz I like adding a "done today" column too

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@DopaminePlsMe Opening & setting up a new synthesiser that had sat in its box for a few weeks, about 5 minutes after my taxi arrived to go to the airport

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@adhdjesse My favorite is when the thing stays unopened for so long that I forget what it is and get a mid-year Xmas present or 8. Then find them again in 60 months

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@CoralineHatz 10 minutes is a great idea. Even a 25 minute pomodoro can intimidate me at times

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Time for an MVR, writing down 2 things I've done today and counting birds that fly past for 2 minutes wondering where they're going. After that, onto the rest of the day :)

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@DopaminePlsMe Me too, absolute calm. But if I lose my favorite pen I might have a mental breakdown

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“Waiting is like doing nothing with a purpose”

Damn that could solve a lot of problems

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Walked into a store today and picked up 2 bottles of shower gel and 2 bottles of shampoo.

Got home and went for a shower and pulled 4 bottles of shampoo out the bag

#scatterbrain #adhd

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Spent a lot of time offline lately due to some injuries & general life. A bit of #selfdestruction followed by #selfcare, but no selfshame And back on my feet. #ADHD #SelfCareSeptember

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@DrGenevieve73 @DopaminePlsMe Me too but it’s a static one.

I put it in front of the tv months ago so I do exercise while watching tv.

However it’s just turned into an ornament because the thought of actually getting on it paralyses me

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I often think living with #adhd in the modern world is akin to being given a lifetime free for all ticket to a dopamine theme park, great for a day but for life?Check out my article with the great project from @DopaminePlsMe on how to navigate the park at https://t.co/ZhyPI4yhPz

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@LDN_1630 @DopaminePlsMe I just use ChatGPT due to its memory. I’ve splurged so much into it it knows me to quite a scary extent 😅 from there I set up chats for different categories eg. morning priorities/“done” lists and positive check ins. I’ll write an article on it soon if you’re interested!

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Any other forgetful folk use Siri to find their phone 86 times a day?

Best feature of an iPhone for me. I’ve asked her where my cards and things are in the past though forgetting she can’t help with those

#ADHD #Neurodivergent

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@drjenwolkin Yes! A uni lecturer tried to correct my use of them once. They were mistaken and it’s been my favourite punctuation mark ever since 🤣

Having just put about 8 minutes thought into number 2 I think it’s ellipses. It’s often the state of my brain I guess so quite fitting

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@audhdimposter @sens0ryoverl0ad Time blindness is reaaaaal hey. Even if I get ready to go out say 2 hours early I’ll still be late and I have no idea how.

It can be very frustrating if non chronically late people simply refuse to accept it…but to be fair it must test their patience!

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@OllyWaltonSaaS @DopaminePlsMe Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated, I hope you manage to succeed with it. I find the more I consciously practise the more I do it subconsciously too.

I mean I still have existential crises if I can’t find a pencil that’s behind my ear or something. Just much less often 😅

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@sens0ryoverl0ad Well this made me sad :’)

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Shame can be one of the worst things about #ADHD, but you don’t deserve it. Check out my article for @dopamineplsme on how to manage it
https://t.co/SFGKtgJBnK