It’s like being stuck behind a glass wall in my own head - watching myself be stuck unable to do what needs to get done
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This was what got me to talk with people, and what got me to resuming medication and (soon?) therapy. Executive dysfunction sucks, and it’s a bliss that it’s gotten so much less with the right meds by now
just another normal day
People thinks of themselves as machine following a spreadsheet plan. In reality we desperately NEED of times like these to just stop, and do…
…not.
…a.
…fucking.
…thing.
In one way, I agree, but unfortunately with Executive Dysfunction it can also affect your need to eat or look after yourself, as your brain just fails to assign or prioritise tasks. It gets really bad for me if I am or was recently overstimulated, or if I’m having a depressive episode.
I’ve had days where all I needed to do was have a shower, go to the shop, eat food then go play a game since it was the weekend. But the dysfunction hit so hard I couldn’t do any of it so just sat staring at a wall for an hour and doomscrolling for another few hours. I’d have preferred to have just played the game, but since that was one of my planned tasks, I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
Took majority of the day before I could break out of it and get to the shop before they closed. Almost sounds odd when explaining it but the brain is an unusual thing sometimes…
But yeah I do agree that sometimes people work themselves too hard and need to find time to stop and give time to themselves
