Cleaning with ADHD is all about momentum. It’s like being a shark, if you stop moving you just straight up die.
ADHD is all about momentum.
!It’s like being a shark.!< If you stop you just straight up die.
Wake up, do small job
Cleaning mode engaged
Every small job I notice today is getting done on the spot
Ok what big task are you trying to avoid today?
Why are you attacking me unprovoked like this
How do sharks sleep if they can’t stop moving?
Animals sleeping is a pretty big science. Humans are the outliers on this, because we almost shut everything down while sleeping whereas most animals only shut down partially, and/or for much briefer periods. Our sleeping routine is very much based on being in a group, where someone would keep an eye out while others sleep.
Dolphins sleep with one part of the brain at a time. Some birds do the same, but if they’re in a group, the innermost individuals can sleep fully, while the outermost keep one eye open away from the group.
As for sharks, yes, they do require a constant flow of water through their gills to breathe even when sleeping. Either they keep moving or they die, or as one shark was found to do: sleeping against a current.
A lot of things people associate with ADHD sound like depression to me.
You wanna know how I got these depressies?
Yeah. I need to finish what I started or I’m going to lose all motivation and lay in bed all day instead
there are a lot of overlapping symptoms, mainly having to do with executive dysfunction (ability to prioritize and complete tasks)
the doctor who diagnosed me told me a lot of adhd people develop either OCD in order to cope with attention deficit, or depression as a result of attention deficit impacting their quality of life
It’s because a lot of us have both :D
(send help)
Agreed. And cooking. You need to keep pace. Then it goes smoothly
And that’s why I usually cook while doing the dishes.
I call it “wirbling” and imagine myself as the Tasmanian Devil from the Looney Tunes cartoons when I blitz through the house doing all the chores. Once the momentum has been built it’s much easier to keep going, even on stuff I’ve been putting off.
Yup 💯
Oh no, I sat down.
Those blanked out words don’t change any of the meaning, they just make the sentence shorter.
the removal of the word cleaning is pretty significant imo. it certainly happens this way for me for way more than just chores
Which makes it easier to keep up the momentum
No joke, if I start tidying my room, I won’t stop until I’ve dusted under my couch and scoured my oven.
this is so true X3
straight up
I mean yeah. Any kid with ADHD simply cannot sit still.
Somehow I did in school, and I was always quiet in school. But when my brother mentioned my son is a carbon copy of me at home growing up.
Oof. I guess I tended to enjoy literally bouncing off the walls too. I used to manage it by bouncing my leg, then somehow that got trained out of me
Not true with everyone. I’m excellent at sitting still and doing nothing, always have been. I’ve never felt even the normal amounts of energy ppl seem to have. Def have ADHD tho. Dr called it ADD at the time I was diagnosed tho, since I didn’t have the hyperactive part of it. Apparently thats not a thing these days.
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