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What is a good adhd hack for those cases during which you want to do a million things but are paralyzed and can't? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I have so many things I want to do but just can't. Play a video game, read a book, take dog for walk, build a gadget I bought parts for, finish writing a song, finish building a computer... But no, I just sit there stuck. How do I get unstuck?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've been there and felt a lot of guilt for not doing all the things I wanted to.

One thing that helped was stopping to think about why I wanted to do each thing. A lot of the time, it was just impulsive and led to an overwhelming list that kept me stuck in the same loop.

Reflecting on what I actually cared about made it easier to focus and follow the other suggestions here. Not exactly what you asked for, but worth considering.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

One thing that helped was stopping to think about why I wanted to do each thing.

Boom. This was big for me too. Usually my issue is holding myself to non-existent time constraints, like "I want to do X but I have to get Y done or I can't until next weekend." Ok, why is it a problem that Y can't be done next weekend? Obviously if it's something like a chore or errand it doesn't apply, but if it's just a little side project I've been working on, Y can wait if I'd rather do X, especially if I'm just going to sit and wallow over not doing either instead.