This is executive dysfunction: You want to do the thing, but you can’t do it. Sometimes you can’t make a choice because you’re overwhelmed by the options; sometimes you just can’t get yourself to start.
-J
Further to J’s but about executive dysfunction, this might actually also be analysis paralysis. It’s something I struggle with a lot – “I can’t make a decision because there are too different many options to weigh up and compare, so I’ll just avoid it and procrastinate instead.”
– Prue
All of this is me just about all of the time.
Oh wow.
This is very me.
This is a selfie from a few weeks ago of me and Benji. It was early and I was gross, but I like it anyway because Benjamin is my baby and has to sit on me any chance he gets.
i really am a “text me if you need something” person. like unless i have something specific to talk about, i don’t usually initiate a conversation. if you wanna talk just to talk then im all here but dont take me not hittin you up as me not caring.
Reblogging here because it is incredibly important. I was brought up in a family that did not initiate contact unless there was a reason for it. I have been conditioned not to “bother” people unless I have to, and even then I will probably try everything on my own first. This means two things:
If I ask you for help, I have exhausted every other option that I’m aware of and am hoping that you will be willing to help me without patronizing me (but if you do that it’s my own fault and I should have been able to figure it out on my own)
if you ask for help, I will assume that you’ve done everything in your power to solve whatever problem, and if there is any way that I can help you, I’m going to try to, and I’m most likely not gonna give you any attitude about it. Unless, you know, I find out that you’re just being a whiney boobit… in which case I’ll roll my eyes and still probably help you.
But if you just want to talk, please approach me. I’m happy to talk! I love people and friends and everything! I’m just very well-practiced at keeping myself entertained until someone needs me for something. Hence why I am always busy. Because I am. That’s what I’m supposed to do. There are always tons of things to do.
I’m gonna get it colored next week, too… so it won’t be gross dishwater blonde + brown + STREAKS OF GREY AND WHITE BECAUSE RADIATION DOES THAT FOR SOME REASON
ADD and ADHD are the same disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder was officially renamed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in 1994. Many people use ADD to refer to Type One presented here, and ADHD to refer to Type Two, but they are the same core disorder.
In many cases where ADHD carries into adulthood, it’s a genetic issue [My grandfather, mother, siblings, and I have all been diagnosed with ADHD], though this does not always occur.
there are a lot of talks about how ADHD is overdiagnosed, and that may be true for boys, but for girls ADHD is severely underdiagnosed.
older studies mostly looked at hyperactive boys and that’s the perception we have of ADHD. because of this many girls will go undiagnosed until adulthood.
most girls/women who have ADHD are inattentive type. they tend to be introverted, disorganized and daydreamers.
girls will internalize these as personal failings and teenage girls have a much higher rate of suicide and self harm because of it
ADHD is often comorbid with anxiety and depression, both of which are caused by the failings from having ADHD
depression can present itself differently in people with ADHD. it’s more of a discouragement from constantly failing, but it can be just as debilitating.
ADHD is usually perceived as a lack of focus… however, individuals with ADHD have a tendency to “hyperfocus” on activities that their brains find stimulating
Sometimes this hyperfocusing behavior lasts for extended periods of time, and so the person may require some kind of system to help them “snap out of it” if it’s causing them to spend too much time on any one activity, or if they are neglecting other tasks
Hyperfocus can be used to one’s advantage-with the right tools
here for this!!!! it took me 8 years to get properly diagnosed so i love it when ppl spread awareness so others don’t end up waiting as long to get proper treatment!
