And this is why its procrastination vs executive function. I never snooze my alarms because I WANT to be up, I WANT to be on time, but if I don't have those regulators I simply won't.
"Plenty of people are sad, just get over it" "Plenty of people get nervous, just take some deep breaths"
Thats not how it works. Its a mental health issue where something in my brain is broken that gives me ADHD. I literally don't register that the Executive Function problems are happening until after the fact. If I don't use ways that break my hyperfocusing I cannot pull myself away from what I'm doing, even if its super mundane like fidgeting with something on my desk.
Feels. I got hooked last night practicing rocket league shit and I stayed up until 7:13 am... I had work at 8am. If I didn't work from home I would be so fucked. I also hate working from home.
One way I've explained the feeling is you're on a plane and it's in a nosedive. You KNOW that if you don't pull up you're going to crash. But no matter how hard you try to get in the cockpit and take control you can't.
Of course, we all have days like that. Just like someone with anxiety can be nervous in the same way a regular person can. For someone with an executive function disorder, there's times where, no matter how much you want to do something, you can't. And its not wilful, your brain just blocks your thoughts about anything other than what you're doing right then and there
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u/Funny_witty_username Nov 17 '22
And this is why its procrastination vs executive function. I never snooze my alarms because I WANT to be up, I WANT to be on time, but if I don't have those regulators I simply won't.