ADHD | How I Prevent Lateness ⏳😬

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#AdhdManagement #TimeBlindness #Late

[hermes.trismegistus]

I think what you wanted to say is to tweak your clocks so it appears it is later than it is, because when you have problem being on time then seeing that it's earlier than it is, actually is gonna create the opposite effect which is procrastination (thinking to yourself than you have more time than you actually have) something that most ADHD people struggle with.

[RC-gtlb]

My being so late was the ONLY reason I thought my brain worked differently from others... I'm constantly late for things, and with public transport I can leave at the time I'm supposed to arrive and be 30 mins to 1hr late (I've even lost my way and been many hours late). It's not only time perception or inattention, but mainly my irrational over-optimistim. Anddd my sensitivity when people bring up the issue (all the time) doesn't help. Thank you for the video!

[brads]

I don’t have an ADD diagnosis, but I’m late for everything. It’s really stressful, but I can’t seem to beat it. I try altering the clock, planning the extra time, etc..., but my mind eventually plays little math games rationalizing that I really have the extra time. I get on track with punctuality but can only maintain it for short periods of time.
I appreciate your content. Like I said, I don’t have a diagnosis. I’ve taken enough of the online tests to indicate that I am probably the ADHD inattentive type. Your videos definitely give me the sense that I’m not the only person who deals with these problems.

[StevenPeake]

Watching this instead of leaving the house to be on time.

[mobiusstripper]

Thanks for the tips. I just barely discovered the term _time blindness_ after suffering from it my entire life. One more thing I am late to the party on! I have always been called flaky and rude and could never figure out how everyone else did it, and how I failed so hard even when I tried my hardest. I like the way you explain topics from experience, as opposed to some PhD normie brain. Thanks so very much!

[lilyy]

i really like how you phrased our distorted time perception! despite my diagnosis, sometimes its hard for me not to blame myself for always being late. im working on leaving earlier, and im very slowly getting better at it ahaha. thank you for sharing!

[cybercityoedo]

I was LATE for a final exam in college and would have failed had I not taken the final... So i made a believable lie that my tire blew out on the way there... The instructor bought it and I was able to take the exam and passed... One of those moments when being late could have dramatically altered my life. I have no official diagnosis... but definitely think I have it.

[JTC]

I just hate showing up early and just standing around doing nothing and I dont sleep very well because I love my free time and when I wake up I need a good hour to TRULLY wake up I cant wake up and RUN like most people can I need to warm up like an old car. I also feel like people have an OBSESSION with being early which I dont understand because If im giving you 8 to 12 hours of my life whats the big deal with being 5 to 10 mins late.

[lesliechow]

I got fired from my job for being late frequently, so it’s affecting my life into adulthood, adhd has caused many problems in primary school into secondary so it’s becoming a huge problem, I’m going to get officially diagnosed I was diagnosed before by a psychotherapist who is mates with my mam so it wasn’t official.

[butter_stutter]

Your videos truly helps me, since I do have a diagnosis for ADHD. Thank you.

[butterflynerd]

I really love this video because it actually gives me permission to be such a stickler about my morning routine.

[martisleister]

I've started calendaring every step. For instance, the drive is 40m. + 10 to walk to my car ... 5 to realize I (always) have to stop at the bathroom..+5 to go back and do/get whatever I forgot... 10 to stop what I'm doing and shut down my computer...
Being Nero typical must be boring.

[ttopperr]

I have ADHA and I make all three meals for the next day the night beforehand plus I always leave 15 minutes in advance for anything. It’s always better to be early then late for any appointment. The meals I have are blended drinks; Handful of Kale, 2 or 3 ladlefuls or mixed vegetables 🍅 🌽 and three soup spoonfuls of kidney beans and 2 or 3 cups of water for lunch and dinner. For breakfast I have 1 to 2 cups of frozen fruit 🍌 🍎 1 tablespoon of peanut 🥜 butter and one serving of protein powder with 2 or 3 cups of water. Also drinking is a lot faster then having to chew your food so I’m done with my meal while everyone is deciding what they want. Occasionally I don’t prepare my meals for the next day and can see what a savings in time my preparation makes. They are non-commercially processed meals so really inexpensive to boot.

[The]

I have such a dislike for being late. I end up constantly checking on the time and checking when I need to be somewhere. I get everything done early. Then when I get there early I get so impatient having to wait. Yet if I was late, I'd get so stressed that I'll be irritable for ages after and more than likely I'll have forgotten something.

[BodyLanguageAnalysisInterrogat]

Yes! I am just exhausted depressed and tired of rushing in the morning! Can't do it. Social anxiety doesn't help. Also when I was younger I couldn't understand why it was fine for people to leave an event early but rude to be late. I don't want people to wait for me, just get on with whatever is happening and when I can I'll get there.. (obviously this can only work in certain situations like parties.) I am weird though, because I don't mind at all & am actually happy when OTHERS are late. It gives me time to read on my phone or tidy care, send a text.. more free time for me! I also hate getting somewhere early where I have to have superficial small talk-where there is the fake and rushed "How are you?" while people are scramble coming in.. I can't focus and am just too nervous. That shirt that says, "Sorry I am late, I don't really want to be here" can be true in many cases for me. Yes, ADHD in attentive type, Anxiety, OCD, CPSTD before learning about toxic people & boundaries play a HUGE roll. Also growing up, my dad was hours late coming home (some point he changed his behavior but he is a morning person, I am not.) I have an expresso machine ready by my bed in the morning along with vitamins & meds. I find bad things happen if I rush, cutting myself shaving, falling down stairs, spilling, dropping or forgetting something. I have cut down to a 1/3 of what I think I could do because I would over commit. I also find it takes about 3 times longer than I think a task is going to take. I have to have clocks set like 13 min or an odd hard to add amount of time ahead.

[sookibeulah]

Problem with putting clocks forward is that it works for a bit and I then will start automatically deducting the time by which it’s forward.

[gwillis]

One of my co--workers said to me that the way they enforce punctuality at military boot camp is to tell the soldiers that they should always be 15 minutes early for every time deadline in the training day. If you are less than 15 minutes early, you have to do the penalty [ fifty pushups or another calisthenic exercise ] just as if you were 10 minutes late.

[skittlepuff]

Shout out to when I was 2 hours late to my class and would show up to school at 3rd period in senior year occasionally

[denelios]

I’ve tried doing all these things for 48 years and they may have helped a bit but they haven’t completely stopped me being late. I’m hoping ADHD meds might be my last ditch attempt at being a productive human being

[jumbroni]

I'm chronically late to work everyday and it causes my co-workers to dislike me. Like my co-workers think that I feel like I'm better than them or something because of me being late. I Wake Up 3 hours before I have to go to work and I'll still be 20 minutes late no matter what I do it's the craziest thing