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ok so! a lot of the time when someone with ADHD or another disorder that causes executive dysfunction tries to explain it to someone who doesnât experience it, we get told âoh everyone does that, itâs normalâ so hereâs a thread on why itâs not what you might think it is
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I just want to start and say this is all just my lived experience as someone with adhd and I am in no way an expert and if I get something wrong please correct me (nicely though or Iâll cry?) and anyway yeah! this is just what I know to be true from my own experience!
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when someone who doesnât experience executive dysfunction says âoh everyone does thatâ theyâre thinking of procrastination.
Some days I have good days, and on those days I procrastinate by choice because sometimes Iâm a human being and donât want to do a boring piece of work
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Some days I have good days, and on those days I procrastinate by choice because sometimes Iâm a human being and donât want to do a boring piece of work
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Today was a day like that. I took my meds, and they started working pretty fast and well, which is unusual for me because more often than not they donât. It was a nice day and I had time to spare. I got dressed, did my makeup, went for a walk, and only then started work
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I procrastinated because I knew I had the whole afternoon and evening and the amount of work was doable in that amount of time without urgent deadlines, and I knew I would get it done without stress, so I went for a walk. I got home, said âok time to workâ and started working
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Thatâs what procrastination is. Itâs putting something off for a reasonable amount of time because itâs boring, because thereâs something more fun to do, because youâre tired and know it isnât urgent and thereâll be no consequences if you do it a bit later.
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On my bad days, when my meds donât work, or when I forget to take them I have executive dysfunction.
I donât get dressed up and put on makeup and go for walks on those days, and then calmly start my work with a fresh cup of tea and a scented candle
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I donât get dressed up and put on makeup and go for walks on those days, and then calmly start my work with a fresh cup of tea and a scented candle
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Executive dysfunction for me is the inability to get out of bed and do even the smallest thing that I need to do. Or itâs scrolling on my phone for 5 hours whilst actively berating myself for it and telling myself how awful of a person I am for not just *getting on with it*
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Executive dysfunction has consequences. It means missed deadlines that you could have met if youâd been having a better day, or rushing at the last second before itâs too late. Itâs being stuck in a negative downward spiral of self loathing and not being able to get out
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if you donât experience executive dysfunction and youâve said âeveryone does thatâ before, ask yourself if youâve ever stayed up until 2am because you canât bring yourself to brush your teeth but you donât want to go to sleep without brushing them? so you just donât sleep?
or if youâve sat down on your floor and cried because there were 4 things on your desk and you needed to put them in your bag to take to work but you couldnât figure out where to start even though it was just 4 things? but it seemed impossible to you in that moment?
this thread is kind of incomplete and I had a lot more I wanted to say but I feel bad for flooding the timeline, also itâs 11pm and Iâm all out for the day so if anyone has any questions feel free to ask and Iâll answer when I can 
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