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Executive dysfunction is the ability to do everything but that one thing on your to-do list that actually matters.
Executive dysfunction is having to write post-it notes reminding you how to start a simple task like opening a word file or go through your bills.
Executive dysfunction means working overtime in your head to the point of exhaustion, yet appearing lazy to everyone else.
Executive dysfunction is how people stay poor and underemployed, despite their good intentions, skills and willingness to work.
Executive dysfunction is using twitter as a notebook to record your thoughts, because switching to another app or opening a notebook takes too many unfamiliar steps.
Executive dysfunction is why undiagnosed ‘autism parents’ feel like failures and constantly need validation from others that things are harder for them.
Executive dysfunction is getting stuck on a train of thought, riding it until you either run out of steam or crash at the end of the line.
Executive dysfunction is why we’re so afraid to succeed, because what if we can’t handle the additional demands and burn out?
Executive dysfunction is the thing that makes life unbearably difficult and exhausting for you, while peers somehow do ten times as much with a smile.
Executive dysfunction can make you feel ‘foggy’ or it can make you feel like you went a night without sleep, every day of your life.
Executive dysfunction can be caused by depression, ocd and even anxiety.
But if it’s something you’ve had your whole life, you might want to look into autism or adhd.
But if it’s something you’ve had your whole life, you might want to look into autism or adhd.
Executive dysfunction does not mean you are lazy. Even if you accomplish nothing in the outside, you know better.
Put ‘today’ on your to-do list, and cross it off. It was more than enough.
Put ‘today’ on your to-do list, and cross it off. It was more than enough.
