I absolutely do this too and it drives me crazy, I don't know why I do it!! I wanna learn more too, I don't know what the brain thing is that causes this 😅
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Guilty as charged, but I also need to clean my tools come fall and try to repair a garden hoe which I'm gonna be obsessing over to hopefully make it look good
Oh the pre-sleepover cleaning binge, i'm sweating just thinking about it. You can do this!
Aww, thanks
I can definitely relate. I can’t seem to clear out a defined area before I’ve completely switched tasks—accidentally—and forget what I started doing… It could all cultivate by going into another room to put something away.
Could be trying to group donations and find a cute shirt that I need to hang up right away and then I start looking at clothes in the wrong closet…. Main Tasks incomplete. 🤷🏽♀️
My therapist of many years recently mentioned that I have ADHD. She thought I already knew but I never did! No one has ever suggested that or tested me…
So I’m not medicated for that but I’m on anti depressants and anti anxiety meds.
Anxiety and/or depression goes hand in hand with ADHD. I've had chronic depression since I was a kid. Wasn't diagnosed until I was an adult seeking my own treatment and wasn't dignosed with ADHD until late middle age. It sounds dystopian to suggest even a rudimentary checking in for everybody to screen for neurodivergence and mood disorders in high school, but we get screened for scoliosis and vision already, at least where I am. I'm not saying diagnosis should be done by any school-visiting medical group, but recommendations for further testing if a possibilty is there--all under HIPAA for privacy of course (if you aren't in the US, it's a law prohibiting medical personnel from disclosing private medical history).
Anyway, I think earlier diagnosis would've helped us all.
@blueskiesoc: Wow, I really feel you. I'm just getting used to it and being kind to myself. Warm hug.
I have a full time contract 1099 job but I had to start my freelance editing job 3 weeks before school also starts because FUCK future me thats why.
Oh my god. Good thing we work well under pressure. There may be yelling, possibly crying, but shit gets done.