Because it takes slightly less mental energy to sit and stress than to do the thing.

Body: I'm tired, let's go to bed

Brain: Nah, I think I'll stay up super late instead and be tired tomorrow for no reason.

Even ADHD-oriented media is often being dishonest with people who suspect themselves to have this condition, being toxicly positive and showing ADHD as a "superpower" as if you can hyperfocus your way to success. It is neither a gift nor even an equal exchange between advantages and drawbacks like "you'll be always late but also always creative!" It's a crippling thing that may ruin career or end a relationship. There is nothing good with ADHD.

Does it help if someone forces you to do the thing or is is better to give time and space until you decide to do it? Asking for a friend.

This meme makes a good point I’ll look into it tomorrow. I’m too busy ignoring the mountain of stuff I need to get done today to have the time

I feel this applies to more than just adhd, for example things like burn-out and depression.

My brother in law has ADHD. He lives next door to me.

He has a car he parks on the street. In my city you're required to get a registration sticker for your car, it's like $100 or something, good for a year. Every day you don't have a valid sticker you can get a new ticket on your car. It takes two minutes to go online and order a new one.

For the last three years, hes been racking up tickets on his car for an expired sticker. One a week roughly, $60 per ticket I think. He usually lets them pile up until he gets final notices then pays them all online at double the cost.

Twice now he's has his car booted, then impounded, due to unpaid tickets. He even includes tickets on his car as part of budgeting. I've offered a couple times if he'd hand me his license to go online and order the sticker for him. I've stopped offering since that offer is met with intense anger.

It takes TWO MINUTES to go online and order a new one. Poor guy

Is this really ADHD. I might have to get tested. Everything people are posting here sounds like me.

Haha I'm so quirky, right? I also need to order a new fridge because mine broke a month ago but it's so funny having adhd!

Reminiscing on my school days, my mother recently suggested that I might have ADHD (Inattentive).

Really have spent the past few weeks reflecting on how figuring that out sooner could have cleared up so many things.

The shiny thing is also accurate.

nope, it's not easy and it's definitely going to take 1-2 years. The worst part is that I have no guarantees it's gonna work

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