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You Have Been Thinking About Willpower Wrong

Mental health, ADHD

It has nothing to do with character. We often imagine that some people have a lot of willpower, while some have less. We judge people on this basis. That is a terrible oversimplification. The same person has varying amounts of willpower throughout their day and throughout their life. There aren’t weak-willed people, there are just weak-willed periods and moments. Everyone has them. And they don’t mean anything bad. It’s absolutely normal not to have 100% energy and motivation to charge into doing things all the time.

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5 Simple ADHD Hacks for Getting Chores Done

ADHD, Neurodivergence
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When you have ADHD, it can be insanely hard to get anything done, ever. That goes for keeping your house clean and organized too. It can be hard when you need to adult every day, but your brain just won’t have it. So I found some methods to work with the quirks my brain has. I adapt my daily tasks according to what I know about myself and it shows some results. I hope some of this will help you too.

5 Supplements That Can Help Your ADHD Symptoms… and One That Can Mess With Your Meds

5 Supplements That Can Help Your ADHD Symptoms… and One That Can Mess With Your Meds

Neurodivergence, ADHD

For quite some time, I have been gathering tips about natural supplements to help manage ADHD. I have lurked in ADHD Facebook groups, and from time to time, someone would come up with an ADHD supplement that helped them greatly. I paid attention and added it to my list if other people said it helped them too. I looked for the best supplements for ADHD on Reddit as well. I googled. I put the information together bit by bit. Here is a list of the most often mentioned ADHD supplements for adults and children.

5 Counterintuitive Decluttering Hacks for People With ADHD

5 Counterintuitive Decluttering Hacks for People With ADHD

Neurodivergence, ADHD

If you tried decluttering at all, you are probably familiar with the famous technique “Set your timer for 15 minutes and go!”

It works for a variety of reasons. One of them is that it lowers the bar for beginning, and sets a doable goal. Another is that it gives you a corrected timeframe — if you are time-blind, you can feel like the tasks you can do in 15 minutes take an hour, so you may be pleasantly surprised by how short a time it really takes. Yet another advantage can be that it gives you a deadline, allowing you to race against the clock, making it into a competition with yourself.

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Gamified Self-Care: It Really Works (Especially if You Are a Woman With ADHD)

Neurodivergence, ADHD
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If you have ADHD like me, you are probably on the endless pursuit of things that would give you a bit more dopamine. Checking things off a list can be one of the ways. But what if you took it one step further and made it a game where you can earn things? Instant dopamine!

When I discovered Finch, I was skeptical at first. But with so many recommendations all over the internet, I decided to give it a try. And soon I was hooked.

5+1 Ways to Create Dopamine for Your ADHD Brain and Get Things Done

5+1 Ways to Create Dopamine for Your ADHD Brain and Get Things Done

Neurodivergence, ADHD

You are sitting on your couch, scrolling through Facebook. You know you need to get up and start working, but you simply can’t. It’s like your brain has taken on a life of its own, refusing to let you get up and begin. “Why can’t I just DO it?” you ask yourself, again and again. You feel guilty. You feel self-loathing. You call yourself lazy. But even so, you can’t get up and start.

And it isn’t your fault.