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Vent: Managing ADHD feels like a second Job (literature.cafe)
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I imagine most disabilities are like this, much worse for some, but it really frustrates me that to cope with ADHD we need to have a whole second job.

Make ToDos, exercise, take medicines, manage emotions, follow a whole check list of things to do to get your attention back to your work, constantly test and try new methods to see what works and what doesn't, handle the anxiety that comes with not being able to do work, constantly think about how you can improve something.

It doesn't help that the coping itself takes up valuable processing space that should have been in use for something more important.

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[–] [S] 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I recently came up with a concept of crysis days: the day, when I pull the handbreak, and just allow my hyperfocus and restlessness to vent at least somewhere. I am experimenting with it, trying to accumulate some information that I can make decision on. Though I think this is a core of things that all of us neurodivergent people need: a space to be ourselves. Sometimes restless, sometimes emotional, sometimes just disconnected.

Do tell us about your findings. I've found my self needing to destress quite often after finishing a task before restarting.

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