Me today just started meds for first time for it.. praying it helps because the mix of menopause and adhd has me feeling something I’ve never experienced before and it’s not fun. I love your posts they are truly inspiring to me. Thanks for your support in this topic
the freeze you describe here isn't a motivation problem, it's a regulation one. when the nervous system reads everything as urgent the executive system shuts down. what i often see next, especially with ADHD, is that the freeze doesn't hold. the discomfort pushes people into an impulsive escape, some task that's not urgent, not important, but interesting enough to give the brain a small reward. shopping, a side project, reorganizing something. it looks like distraction but it's actually the nervous system finding its own exit when the real list feels impossible. your triage method helps because it gives the brain a legitimate exit instead 👍
Oh, you are welcome and big thank to YOU for your amazing work here. It is really profound and insightful what you are bringing here on your Substack. Thanks for the inspiration 🙏
Me today just started meds for first time for it.. praying it helps because the mix of menopause and adhd has me feeling something I’ve never experienced before and it’s not fun. I love your posts they are truly inspiring to me. Thanks for your support in this topic
Reading these are like a salve on my soul. I was diagnosed at 40. I love that you included damage control as one of the items.
you are not alone!!
the freeze you describe here isn't a motivation problem, it's a regulation one. when the nervous system reads everything as urgent the executive system shuts down. what i often see next, especially with ADHD, is that the freeze doesn't hold. the discomfort pushes people into an impulsive escape, some task that's not urgent, not important, but interesting enough to give the brain a small reward. shopping, a side project, reorganizing something. it looks like distraction but it's actually the nervous system finding its own exit when the real list feels impossible. your triage method helps because it gives the brain a legitimate exit instead 👍
thanks for the comment martin!
Oh, you are welcome and big thank to YOU for your amazing work here. It is really profound and insightful what you are bringing here on your Substack. Thanks for the inspiration 🙏
I just shared my latest post — leaving the link here in case it resonates. Would love to connect and support each other ✨ https://lananikolic33.substack.com/p/normalizing-discomfort?r=2j97n5
Love these tips. Doing a brain dump on paper and the sorting into must do, should do and would like to do is so helpful.
Awesome!! Glad it helped :)
Decision fatigue
Overanalysis paralysis asf.