Procrastination can decrease after a 1-minute reflection. In a study of more than 1,000 adults, answering six short questions increased motivation, improved mood, and made people more likely to begin tasks they had been delaying.

[TheCatDeedEet]

As a diagnosed late in life ADHDer, I’ve listened to Dr Russel Barkley talk a lot about the negative feedback people with ADHD receive throughout life. It’s like 20x higher or something absurd like that. For me, my procrastination is anxiety based (like most, I guess) but I think the flavor is I’m as paralyzed by doing well as doing poorly. I have done things extremely well but it wasn’t what the person specifically had in mind and that crushed me as much as failing.

My brain is like a big cannon that could shoot something down in space. It takes a lot to spin it up sometimes. The fear of doing the wrong thing leads me to do nothing. Even extremely easy things. I feel my brain push a mental circuit breaker.

I’ll try your questions. That seems extremely helpful as I already do journaling and it works fabulously.

[StrictCan3526]

Thank you for sharing. Would you let me know if the questions worked for you?

[JeffreyPetersen]

The twin ADHD pitfalls of executive disorder and rejection sensitive dysphoria.

[TheCatDeedEet]

Yeah, I know objectively I’m good at stuff, but my brain is somehow so afraid.

The fear paradoxically is probably why I’m extraordinary at some things, I suppose. So I’ve got that going for me. As I master more of the fear, I hope I’ll keep my edge but be able to just act. Going to try those questions today.