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I think I figured out how to live with adhd (feddit.org)

submitted 1 day ago by zenforyen@feddit.org to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Learn to ride the waves. We have a different rhythm of existence. You can't fight the cycle, but you can learn to work with it.

Some people are marathon runners, but we are sprinters. The trick is to break down marathons into many sprints, and take breaks by switching your marathons.

Just pick half a dozen things your meta-self wants to work on and stick with it. Instead of a bit of everything, we do a lot of everything, but one thing at a time.

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[–] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, very similar here. It used to frustrate me to not be able to stick with a hobby or project or whatever for the long term.

Now I think of it more like dipping into hobby A for a while, doing something, then when the urge hits moving on to hobby B. But I know I'll come back to hobby A at some point so it's not as much of an ego blow if I remember to just accept that the focus has moved on for now, but will come back later.

[–] zenforyen@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago

"Learn to accept what you cannot change and do not waste emotional energy on it"

The CBT self-help book I once randomly bought turned out to be pretty useful, even though I just quickly binge-read it and did almost none of the exercises.

Personal development and growth (ADHD edition, with new exciting difficulty levels and challenges)