How to Make Your Life More ADHD Friendly - the Issues Log!

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[yaa]

Question - how do you handle the log? I struggle with making this kind of log...

[BleuNoirProductions]

There is a thing I’ve been doing for years to help me with some of this, I call it “Butler Time”. Every evening I have an alarm to spend 15 minutes on Butler Time, going through my house and preparing little things I will need for the next day (laying out my workout clothes, cleaning coffee machine, laying my book by the couch for reading), like I’m the butler of my own mansion preparing things for “when the master of the house starts his morning”. Talking to myself in a posh British accent while doing it isn’t mandatory, but it makes it more fun. It really helps me making things a little more friendly for my brain. Thanks for this great video!

[greenqueenn]

For ages my clothes kept ending up in piles on the floor and my room was always COVERED in laundry and then I realised that my brain was just REJECTING the laundry hamper because there was a lid it so I got rid of the lid and now my room is tidy
Adhd is wild

I didn't vacuum my room because I felt that just bringing the vacuum cleaner to my room already felt like an accomplishment.

[milankoole]

Everytime I watch one of these video's I learn a life lesson that seems stupid but honestly helps me so much, stuff like: "losing your socks is not a failure of morals"

[Sangled]

it can be especially difficult when adhd mixes with depression, since your mind views those obstacles as ‘necessary punishments’ for yourself and stubbornly insists that making things easier would make you lazy. but making life less difficult is a necessary step in coping/recovery! thanks for another enlightening video, as always

[dn_acoustic]

Honestly I love having this page, because as an Indian girl, there is a ton of stigma and misunderstandings with mental health alone, let alone ADHD, and learning from other neurodiverse people makes me feel so validated, thank you for this page, it really impacts a lot of lives<3

[KatherineBright]

Best statement. "If you see someone struggling there's a reason why they are struggling". Really clicked with me.

[TheMightRoux]

"I am used to climbing over things" Yeah that definitely feels accurate haha

[davak]

For me it’s often several reasons in line, like:
I didn’t do D because C needed to be done first.
I didn’t do C because B needed to be done first.
I didn’t do B because I expected someone else to do it.
They didn’t do B because I only told them the first half of what they needed to know.
I forgot to finish A (telling them) because doing the first half of A made it feel finished somehow.

[FurbytheFlareon]

"ADHDers live life on Hard Mode."
I think I'll try remembering that. :D

[KarmaDNA]

You got me on the "keep solving problems I don't even have" :)

[Malcolmdeeb]

It genuinely makes me happy when she says, “Hello brains” because it feels like someone understands me and I feel like I’m part of a community.

[Merlijn]

I recently had a period where I hardly ate lunch. And I felt so bad about it because, how hard can it be? But at some point I realized that, whether I liked it or not, the process of deciding what I wanted to eat and actually preparing it was just too much at this time. So despite my shame I told my boyfriend that I thought it would help if, whenever he bought lunch to bring to work, he also got me something that I could just eat. And guess what? He didn't laugh at me, he didn't say I should just try harder, he got me the lunch and since then I've eaten lunch almost every day!

[MMDesign]

I feel like I've replaced being late with anxiety about the event for 4 or 5 hours in advance.

[TheSarahLindy]

“I couldn’t cook my dinner because the pot wasn’t clean”... “I am USED to stepping on piles of laundry to get to my bed” *feels exposed* yeaaaahhh... 😳

[pinguinoer]

I just have an open set of shelves for clothes, no drawers. Out of sight out of mind means I'll just wash and wear the same 2 pairs of jeans over and over back and forth until they disintegrate because I forgot the existence of the other 5 pairs I own.

[shaharfrechtman]

Me and my best friend are both ADHD and today she told me that we procrastinate because our brains perceive the action thats in front of us as painful or traumatizing so we put off doing it. it made so much sense and it was such a relief to hear that i'm not just lazy, thought I'd share it with you all.
Honestly your videos are a hugh help to my dysfunctioning brain and i actually cried for 2 days when I found them because it was the first time anyone ever told me that it's ok to not do everything I need to do that day, and I started educating my family to be more ADHD friendly as well, all with your videos. (BTW, my mom, my brother and me are all ADHD so our house is usually a mess).
I know it's a long comment but I really wanted you to know how much I appreciate you :)

[iditrirajan]

Me : finally makes a decision to do some hard tasks after a long time
My brain and ADHD : Allow us to introduce ourselves

[rachelfountain]

What about paralysis, like, “I know I need to do my homework but I really really don’t want to do it so I guess I’ll just sit here and stress about it forever”?