Warhead

20y/o AuDHD founder building a cognitive prosthetic for entrepreneurs

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

Listening to neurotypical people’s advice is as useful for adhders as kicking your hamster to a wall as hard as you can.

"UsE a pLaNnEr BrO" "JuSt bUiLd A mOrNiNg RoUtiNe"

shut up

You being an adhd founder, prolly know how shameful it is to be this "💃🏽successful entrepreneur🕺🏽" on the outside while your personal life is just in the trash laying there

yes you make all this money and businesses and whatnot but you can't unload the dishwasher or text your mom back

You probably already figured out that the problem is your brain, but don't exactly know how

basically, your brain cares about interesting stuff, not importance, startups are chaotic and high stakes, your brain likes that, making your bed or cleaning your apartment is not

In Backbone Hierarchy I built a maintenance mode that shows only the absolute bare minimum to keep your life rotating, and it rewards you from doing it

I know its really funny but you need to stop kicking hamsters to walls, use systems that support your brain

[MAJOR @Squeeze1i]

ADHD is a real disability. I know it, even when no one around me seems to. When I say I can’t do something, I don’t need tips, encouragement, or you’ve got this energy. I just need you to believe me. I need one person to trust that I’m not lying or being dramatic, my brain literally can’t handle it right now because of this developmental disability. No more just push through, try harder, or I did it so you can too. Those words hurt. Please believe me for once. That’s all I’m asking.

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@stanleybystan Hey, is Stan down or something? is it just available only for iOS users? I texted him twice but no response

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

They do this cuz translating the chaotic high stakes reality of building a startup to people on predicable life paths is just too exhausting

plus the overwhelming majority of high achievers have imposter syndrome so celebrating feels like a trap

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

A challenge I see many high performing people face on the way up?

They minimize what they are doing, working on, or how well they are doing with friends & family.

Instead of being excited in what they've accomplished...they reduce it.

A very hard place to navigate.

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

AI removed the friction that gave your brain a sense of completion

When it took a week your brain registered effort and rewarded you

Adhd + depression actively ignores positive performance and focuses on what we didn't do

Store your performance outside your brain

I built a timeline in my app that registers everything you did on the day by areas/projects

(+ habits, activities, and other stuff but yesterday I skipped all of my habits and other areas)

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@sweatystartup Taking meds was the best thing I ever did

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@Gabbrielxzn This loop costed me so many projects and years

Turns out our brains care about interesting stuff, not important stuff

Separate planning from doing somewhere outside your brain for your business

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

I hate walking, too slow for adhd

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@danidonovan Its more of a RAM problem rather than memory, by the time we cross the hallways a random thought has overwritten the intention

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@autisticadhdco they dont even have to hold you accountable, just their presence makes our brains work

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@natnaelgirma27 Having a conversation with an AuDHD person be like

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@omgsidewalks its not wtf

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@Zeeshyttt dont forget getting tired from not doing something

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@delonperc I dont mask, I dont care enough to do it

masking requieres constant self monitoring which drains working memory and exhausts our frontal lobes

when you drop the mask your performance increases

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

1: separate planning from doing outside of your brain

2: Plan for when you have high and low energy

3: Lower your activation energy by doing the 2 minutes micro steps that a task requires

4: Work with someone else in person or in camera, doesn't have to be related to what you do

thats the 20% effort that gives 80% of the results

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@ApexNewsx @grok wont miss it

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@ChadAppDev this sounds like rejection sensitive dysphoria, just saying

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

Met a Silicon Valley guy at a local entrepreneur event,

I got overstimulated and my brain locked away my social skills

I panicked when he asked what I worked in

Saying just marketing felt (quoting my brain) “too basic for my level” so I overcompensated with try-hard jargon

Lost a really valuable connection

Key takeaway: don’t be adhd

[Warhead @vz_warhead]

@jackprice the word "empower"