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Introspection: What I THINK I can do doesn't take attention disorder into account. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 23 hours ago by AddLemmus@lemmy.ml to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Examples:

Kid's electronic toy that we loved is broken. Instead of throwing it away, I put it in a box because "surely, I'll find the time to fix it"
After moving, valuables are "temporarily" in plastic bags, because I'll buy & assemble a showcase soon enough.

None of these things ever happen. I make the planning as if I did not an attention disorder. Although I had it all my life.

Now that I'm in treatment, I would have thought that my brain works in a way I'd need to get used to. But no, it just works in the way I always assumed when I made a plan.

It's just so strange that the planning seems to assume an intact prefrontal cortex, rather than adjusting to how it actually works.

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[–] AddLemmus@lemmy.ml 2 points 20 hours ago

Yes, essential. I like to do it in an electronic mindmap, so in order to have it always visible, I needed to attach an extra screen where it's always visible.

"Mental effort" to get on the task that needs to be done is a different matter. I still needed to push through the pain to star. That got much better with treatment.

Like the whiteboard though; not as easy to shift things around and make changes, but advantages might outweigh that.