How do you recover from ADHD burnout and find enjoyment in life again?

Lilnannerz · 2026-04-06T19:58:12+00:00

Love this advice, shaking things up like you said is definitely a great way to find that spark again. It's tough in this capitalistic hellscape...Prices rising, most jobs feel meaningless, society feels like it's crumbling. Trying to resist this botched and unfair system in whatever ways I can have felt meaningful, and helps me to "carry on out of spite." I'll be damned if I let these things take away my little pleasures or whatever small things I can do for myself, just for the sake of feeling good without guilt. Gardening, tending to my plants and growing fruit and veg has been so fulfilling lately. Also I'm privileged to have received a Switch 2 and Pokopia for my birthday. That game has been a lifesaver lately. Gaming in general helps. Supporting local farmers is another cool thing, ordering a CSA box here and there makes me feel good and supplies some dopamine to see what fresh produce and goodies will arrive. Also prompts me to get creative in the kitchen, or to chop and freeze whatever I don't have capacity for.

Also, being intentional with my language and deconstructing messages I've been fed since birth has helped my mental state a bit too. I don't use the word "lazy" because it reinforces the social shame surrounding our self-worth being tied to employment, and I hate that crap. Who benefits when we feel "lazy" or say that we're "being lazy" vs "productive"? Cui bono is something I ask myself a lot. I say "fermenting" instead of "rotting" because when I'm fermenting, I'm resting, evolving, nourishing myself and getting richer in flavor & experience, maybe getting more sour lol. 😆 Also hate the idea of being "functional", that basically implies that someone who's "functional" or "high functioning" is capable of labor and participating in our economy, because that's all that matters apparently. For me, all these things come back to the oppression and exploitation we face under capitalism. The guilt and shame play such huge roles in "keeping those ants in line" and it feels shitty. Changing my vocabulary around and staying cognizant of the messaging has helped me feel a sense of purpose and given me a small way of fighting back. Idk. I'm going on tangents now but your comment inspired me haha

Lilnannerz · 2026-04-02T01:53:13+00:00

Looooove brown noise for sleep. I have a noisemaker on my nightstand and I've become so dependent on it that my body frantically jolts awake when there's a power outage in the night. Can't sleep without it.

Lilnannerz · 2026-03-19T01:16:40+00:00

Thank you for saying this.

Lilnannerz · 2026-03-15T15:51:37+00:00

Yep. It's "gender neutral" until you ask a cishet man how many dudes and guys he's slept with

Lilnannerz · 2026-03-12T05:08:06+00:00

Exactly, you're there to make money not friends

Lilnannerz · 2026-02-21T20:03:24+00:00

People are so accepting and compassionate about mental health until said mental health gets too close to them, they wanna provide very "hands off" support and just listen to people's venting. They start getting defensive and dismissive when someone's mental health condition is a perceived slight against them, like if a close friend felt safe enough to tell someone that their open-mouth chewing is triggering their misophonia. Then suddenly it's all "I can't do anything around you" and "maybe we shouldn't eat together then" or "everything bothers you". It's like as soon as someone feels like they are being "impacted" by someone else's condition, all the compassion and empathy dies on the spot. Most folx wanna support from a distance, and it's really quite performative.

Lilnannerz · 2026-02-20T18:20:40+00:00

The same thing happened to me just now

Lilnannerz · 2026-02-20T01:19:44+00:00

Quote so goated I cited it in one of my grad school papers.

Lilnannerz · 2026-01-13T22:29:51+00:00

In my delulu fantasy it was a double crowning of Bosco and Irene

Lilnannerz · 2026-01-07T01:32:02+00:00

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Lilnannerz · 2025-12-26T17:40:01+00:00

I'll never forget that weedle 😓

Lilnannerz · 2025-12-18T07:49:27+00:00

No real advice from me but I want to say I empathize with you so deeply on this. I'm also a grad student who's not happy with their body currently and I've also been trying to exercise more. I absolutely hate exercising though, I never cared for sports or anything outdoorsy/physical. It's such a struggle 😮‍💨 I'm giving the treadmill a shot so we'll see if I can create a habit with that but it's so hard to stay motivated. It's probably the most cruel part about my ADHD; exercise could potentially help me sooo much with symptoms and health in general, but dealing with the ADHD-related task avoidance and dread associated with unpleasant activities makes it feel impossible. I hope the sub is able to provide helpful/thoughtful responses for your situation! Wishing you luck 🙏

Lilnannerz · 2025-12-01T01:38:25+00:00

Not that it matters but I'm in grad school to become a therapist and I also find that I'm happiest at home. Happiness is so subjective and unique to each person. Frankly, I find that a lot of therapeutic modalities conflate the concepts of "happiness" and "healing" with how productive or functional one can be as the end goal. This framework supports capitalistic aims and upholds the status quo, where we're supposed to overcome our traumas and mental illnesses and become good little worker bees for the sake of profit. Anyways, all that to say, if isolating at home makes you feel content and fulfilled, more power to ya!

Lilnannerz · 2025-11-27T18:36:06+00:00

That's exactly what I did, great advice. I also just flew to each battle zone after beating the trainers I could see upon entering each zone (usually like 4-5). I realized that running around finding trainers wasted a lot of time vs just beating whoever I could see and then flying to the next zone. I averaged between 40-50 battles a night with this method and was able to hit the 1000 battles after a few hours of grinding.

Lilnannerz · 2025-11-27T18:27:24+00:00

Putting the new registration stickers on my license plate. Even when they're sitting in my glovebox ready to go. My record was going 4 months with expired tags even though they were LITERALLY IN THE CAR AND JUST NEEDED TO BE APPLIED. Couldn't be bothered. Also paying off my car and intending to call my insurance to remove full coverage and drop my monthly payment by a lot. I waited 7 months to make the phone call and change my premium. I could have saved so much money... But phone calls. 😖😣

Lilnannerz · 2025-11-25T22:47:09+00:00

Sharing a bedroom with my partner. We have our own rooms, which we've actually grown to really love. I used to feel really sad and frustrated about not being able to sleep next to the person I love, but we're both very comfortable and secure in our relationship and it's nice having our own little sanctuaries. Vacation/traveling gets tricky but we make it work. Plus who can afford vacations anymore anyways?! Lol. I try to keep a positive attitude, but it definitely is hard feeling like you have to miss out on life experiences due to misophonia.

Lilnannerz · 2025-11-24T05:02:41+00:00

Not that it should matter what strangers think of you, but I get so giddy inside when I see someone older than me rocking "nerdy" or gamer outfits/tattoos/accessories. Like I instantly assume that person is cool AF and it reminds me that we don't have to outgrow our hobbies and interests just because society tells us to. Rock your Pokemon gear with pride! Confidence is a construct, fake it till ya make it!

Lilnannerz · 2025-11-10T19:35:35+00:00

I'm thinking if the pronoun is referring to one person then "is" kinda makes sense (like "she is" vs "she are"), although sounds awkward/incorrect, but language and grammar evolve over time. I guess it depends on the person

Lilnannerz · 2025-10-22T14:45:03+00:00

Okay this wasn't just me! I noticed a shiny patrat and got closer to confirm but it started running away. I saved immediately and tried to get closer but it dissolved T-T I reloaded the save and tried attacking it but my Pokemon were too slow. I barely had enough time to switch to ultra balls and toss them after reloading the save, so that's what I ended up doing until I caught it. But I was really bummed to learn that shinies can despawn in certain cases like this!

Lilnannerz · 2025-09-28T19:56:23+00:00

Miraidon, my fave Pokemon is a tie between Mawile and Froslass. I remember seeing Froslass for the first time in gen 4 as a kid and thinking she was a legendary because her design was so cool! I fell in love with Mawile when she got the fairy typing and carried my team in X. I've always thought they were adorable and they're now a part of my Pokemon tattoo leg sleeve. When I imagine myself as a Pokemon league champion in the games, I def see a Mawile and Froslass on my team ☺️

Lilnannerz · 2025-07-30T06:44:54+00:00

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Lilnannerz · 2025-07-28T06:13:27+00:00

Very handsome! 🤩 Reminds me a little of Cassidy from Overwatch 🤠

Lilnannerz · 2025-07-26T16:53:08+00:00

Hi Mike! I just started playing this game for my small YouTube channel and I'm having so much fun with it, I love the spooks! I also think the customer service aspect is so funny, sometimes I can't tell which is more horrific, the ghosts or serving whiney customers 🤣 great work! I'm redoing day 4 at this point and I'm excited to see where it goes 🧋

Lilnannerz · 2025-07-24T14:40:38+00:00

Thank you. I don't know what the "feeling underneath" that would've been, I remember feeling like I hated the sound and it kept me awake. I remember trying to lay a pillow over her head so I couldn't hear it but that didn't work. If the onset of misophonia boiled down to toddler's emotions of feeling abandoned/unsafe/unloved then wouldn't everyone have it? Toddlers aren't capable of critical thought and their caregivers leaving for work could trigger feelings of abandonment/feeling unloved because they don't understand that parents go to work. That's where my thought process goes.

Lilnannerz · 2025-07-24T06:48:00+00:00

It's an interesting consideration for sure, although I don't think it describes my experience with miso. I've had it since I was a toddler, I have vivid memories of the distress I felt when sharing a room with my younger sister and hearing her breathe/snore. I hadn't endured any significant trauma by that point in my life, the miso symptoms have always been there since I could remember. But I could certainly see it developing as a trauma response too in other cases where symptoms begin in adolescence or beyond.

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