Structured Success
@StructuredSucc
ADHD Coach & Academic Strategist | Guiding ADHD, autistic, and neurodivergent clients through lived experience | they/her | #AuDHD | #ActuallyAutistic
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The closest thing there is to a universal ADHD experience is that feeling that we're working so freaking hard and still falling behind because of distraction, impulsivity, forgetting, and/or understimulation and endlessly working harder simply because of the way our brains work
I've just realized that my partner going into sensory overload puts me into caregiver mode the same way them being sick does. Just instead of a damp towel, warm soup, or a vomit bucket, I come with squishies, earplugs, and eye mask. I just hope they feel better again soon :(
Having ADHD doesn't mean we can't do hard things. There's plenty of ADHD'ers who do amazing feats of scholarship, athletics, or social change. It does, however, mean we face different barriers, and that functioning well in one area often comes with major dysfunction in another
Even seemingly successful people with ADHD are often carrying unseen burdens of executive dysfunction that touches every part of their lives
ADHD'ers can feel understimulated when our need for sensory, cognitive, or social stimulation is greater than we have access to This doesn't mean lacking stimulation, just that there's less than we need. And means we can be understimulated even at times that overstimulate others
Don't mind me, I just got really excited about an idea, worked on it for 12 hours straight, forgot to eat or go to the bathroom, and the passion is gone and now I'm leaving it untouched for the rest of time. What? Do I have ADHD? ...yeah... why do you ask?
ADHD is wild. It impacts different people so differently. For folks who have a natural interest in academics, ADHD hyperfocus can supercharge learning and achievement. For folks who don't have this interest, however, ADHD can make academics feel like a challenge to just survive
My partner just looked at the best before date on my boxes of emergency Kraft Dinner rations: They expired 10 years ago. 10 years ago! I moved them to three different places in that time >_<
This is such an undervalued writing hack: Micro-interests! If you're not interested in the class or the assignment, being able to finding little, tiny things that ARE interesting and including them can make writing so much easier to start
Aka why I always loved finding ways to write about my favorite topic no matter what class I was in. 👀
ADHD'ers often don't think in a straight line. We often end up on a series of tangents and loops before we get from point A to point B. This can lead to unexpected or creative connections that wouldn't be made otherwise, but this can also make it hard for non-ADHD'ers to follow
ADHD'er's working memory can be very susceptible to changes in environment. This means that changing what we're focusing on (or what's around us) is amazing at wiping our working memory, making us forget what we were doing or why we were doing it
I did this task in one sitting in a hyperfocused bender the last time I did it. Why, oh why, can't I do it that fast again when my focus is three states away, lost in a corn maze? I just don't get it.
Stress often makes ADHD and autistic traits more frequent, distressing, or intrusive. Struggling with ADHD and autistic traits often make us more stressed. If we aren't careful, these can spiral back on each other leading to a big ol' merry-go-round of stress and dysfunction
Remember: Neurodivergent isn't shorthand for being ADHD and/or autistic. Neurodivergent is an umbrella term for anyone and everyone who has differences in their neurological structure or function. This includes mental health issues, brain injuries, and developmental conditions
The ADHD experience of being entirely and completely sure that you have more than enough time to do the thing... right up until panic sets in and you realize you most definitely do not
New academic years are filled with novelty: a major motivator for ADHD'ers. Novelty makes it easier to remember assignments, get started, and focus, but this novelty won't last forever. To manage as novelty fades, we must practice our other strategies too, before we need them
ADHD'ers struggle to regulate stimulation, where there's a mismatch in the amount of sensory, cognitive, or social stimulation we need and how much we have access to. This leads to periods of overstimulation or understimulation, which come with a host of negative consequences
Working memory is a major barrier for ADHD'ers. It's more prone to being erased, overwritten, or overwhelmed. Expecting ourselves to follow changing or complex instructions without support, especially in a chaotic or distracting environment, is a recipe for missing something
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