Hi,
I am coming here seeking advice. I am 21, studying and am currently doing an internship. But it’s not going well. I am struggling so much with getting disctracted and watching youtube. Even though i often do want to do someting, i often don’t do anything except watch youtube. When i do actually do something it’s often not what i need to do. It’s getting really tiring and i just want to be able to do the shit i want and need to do. I often watch youtube to have some sound, but i can’t turn it off after, it is also often the same with listening to podcasts. Often when i try to improve it only works for about a week and then i fall back into my same habbits. Do many of you struggle with this, and what do you do about it?
Mine got worse as I aged. So I relied more and more on coping mechanisms. eg. timers, alarms, note apps etc. And I had to learn how to work within the confines of ADHD eg. instead of forcing myself to do a large task, I chip away at it until it is eventually done. I train my ability to come back to a task rather than try to force myself to focus significantly longer than my brain would prefer to do so. This makes it easier to force myself to start tasks as I know that the bar is to work on the task for a doable amount of time not necessarily to complete the task in one go