Executive Dysfunction - Blog Posts
Executive dysfunction be like:
Me: Go to lunch with you on Tuesday? Oh, I can’t I’m busy on Tuesday. On Tuesday I have to send The Email.
Tuesday Morning:
Me: Okay! Gotta send The Email today.
Me: But first, breakfast and a little YouTube to get the day going.
Tuesday Noon:
Me: okay! Day has begun! But it’s lunchtime so I’d better get some lunch.
Tuesday 5 o’clock:
Me: it is now Too Late to send The Email
Logical brain: if you send it now anyway, they’ll see it in the morning.
Me: good point. I should write The Email
Me: *doesn’t write The Email*
Tuesday 11pm:
Me: Tuesday’s almost over! Gotta send That Email!
Me: *opens email, enters address and subject line*
Me: Whew! I started The Email, what an accomplishment! Bed time.
Me: *stressing about sending The Email for the rest of the night, gets no sleep* I’ll send it as soon as I wake up.
Wednesday 11pm:
Me: I have to send The Email.
Me: *opens email*
Me: *Closes email*
Me: *opens email*
Me: *Types “Dear so and so”*
Me: bed time!
Me: *wakes up in a cold sweat at 3 am* I can’t believe I haven’t sent that email!
Me: *Opens laptop, sends email*
Me:
Me: >:( Why was that so hard????
me when the disability disables me: oh what the fuck? this sucks. what the hell man!
when your brain is screaming at you to do something and be productive but your body just doesn't give a fuck <<<
"How do you have so much energy all the time ???"
I don't, I'm constantly tired but I'm also being the class clown because I have abandonment issues and adhd
executive dysfunction is telling yourself for two and a half hours that you need to shower bc you smell like your workplace and you absolutely Cannot do Anything Else until you shower, doing Any Other Thing before showering is illegal!!! but you still haven’t for some reason??? you’ve just been sitting on your bed in a towel scrolling tumblr for 2+ hours thinking “I need to shower right now immediately” and growing increasingly frustrated that you are still not clean and you haven’t eaten or done your laundry either
who’s gonna tell tumblr that executive dysfunction is more than Not Doing Things?
Honestly Janet is such a mood even without the meme but this just makes it better 😂
I made this instead of studying
Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost
The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.
The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.
The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.
The “get stuff done while you wait” method.
The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.
The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.
The “break the task into smaller steps” method.
The “treat yourself like a pet” method.
The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.
The “put on a persona” method.
The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.
The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.
The “wait for a trigger” method.
The “do it for your future self” method.
The “might as well” method.
The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.
The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.
The “make it easy” method.
The “junebugging” method.
The “just show up” method.
The “accept when you need help” method.
The “make it into a game” method.
The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.
The “trick yourself” method.
The “break it into even smaller steps” method.
The “let go of should” method.
The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.
The “fork theory” method.
The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.
I feel like my life is just split into phases of hyperfixations. Any space, any time and all the days spent where I was not hyperfixated on something mostly do not remain in the brain.
For example, oh that was my HP era, or there was my arcane era, there was my short stories era, PJO era, steam-games collecting era, boyband era, the time I was hyperfixated on my sexuality, the time i was hyperfixated on a genshin character, the time I spent all time thinking about teen romcoms, the time I watched 5 movies in 2 days, the time I wanted to buy 50 books, the time I read 50 books-
but... don't you dare ask me what happened in the time I was NOT hyperfixated. I was a ghost who moved from one spot to another. I do not remember. Its all a void.
its either giving my entire soul to something or we die like men.