[ojkelly]

They exist, and there’s usually a mourning period when you have to truly grapple with understanding things really are harder for us.

“a failure to cultivate habits of discipline” is an _outcome of ADHD_. Executive dysfunction is preventing the cultivation of habits, not to say it’s impossible but they’re usually connected.

A useful trick here is to accomodate the lacking parts of the ADHD brain, with external consequences and external timekeeping.

External accountability and consequences such as a gym buddy (who you don’t want to let down), or needing to get your work done to get paid (so you can eat).

And external timekeeping is critical because we are time-blind [0]. Whether it’s a calendar, setting reminders, etc.

“People with ADHD know what to do, but they can’t do what they know.”

[0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JowPOqRmxNs