Viewing profile — annie_muss

Not great. I've been trying to get into a real "career" track software job for the best part of a decade. I study, work on side projects, got to events regularly. And now the job m…

There's a lot of advice here about using technical means to block youtube. If that works for you and solves your problem then fantastic. I am genuinely happy for you. However, I su…

This article really makes sense. I think back on my past and all the evil actions I have taken have all been fed by very low self-worth and insecurity. When you think of yourself a…

I have spoken to a few therapists. I usually felt pretty good after speaking to them, maybe for a week or so but slip back into my old habits. Unfortunately, where I live therapy i…

I think this is a helpful reframing, and I have spent time in my life trying to eliminate any possible issues: Improving nutrition, exercise, socialization etc. But my ability stay…

I was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago as an adult. I take medication for it and try my best to apply strategies but it is hard going. I wrote down some simple todos at 9am this…

The problem is I know that I am completely addicted, but I cannot stop. I feel like I'm the alcoholic drinking a bottle of vodka a day. I have tried to give up many times but I jus…

My worry about any new system, todolist, app etc is that when the initial busy of energy wears off I'll be back to square one. The novelty and energy that I have at the start is im…

When I see stories like this I always wonder "How did you get and keep jobs at meta and Pinterest if you have a procrastination problem?" I procrastinated so badly I could never ap…

Perhaps it's not a success story, but I have a definite improvement story. I find accepting and making peace with my problems (paradoxically) helps improve the problem. I am going …

It's a constant battle and there are no silver bullets. Here are a few things that have helped me: * Eat, sleep and exercise. Have you ever snapped at someone you love because you …

I don't want an ADHD todo list app. I want something that to help manage my emotions while completing tasks. For me there are three major emotions that get in the way of task compl…

I took a properly administered IQ test as part of my ADHD diagnosis. It was eye opening. All through the test I felt like I was crushing it. Spacial reasoning, pattern recognition,…

I am currently swamped with projects. I can't point to any particular project and say "This one was to much" but all of them combined have got me totally overwhelmed. Even though I…

I have tried many times to start a blog. I usually manage to eek out one or two articles before getting utterly stuck. I have lots of things I want to write about but I feel comple…

Before I was diagnosed my average time keeping a job was something like 6 months. I would get a job, feel elated and enthusiastic about the work. After a few months I would start t…

If you have poor impulse control then you are more likely to be involved in crime as well as having intense, chaotic personal relationships. Both are correlated with homicide.

I was diagnosed in my thirties. I knew something was wrong much earlier but I never had any idea it was ADHD, let alone a diagnosis. Above all: treat him as an individual. There ar…

How did you go about finding an ADHD coach?

To add to this: ask people around you what they think you are good at. Often you will find they mention things you never even thought about. You don't think about it because they a…

I'm a similar age. I was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago. Things got a lot better after my diagnosis. Firstly, work with your health care providers. ADHD medication works well,…

Emotional control really is the *the* skill. When I was diagnosed with ADHD I learned that emotional disregulation was a part of it. I had spent years trying to work out why everyo…

I have a mental disability. It affected my career in the past but since getting diagnosed and treated for it a few years ago my career has improved significantly and I have been ab…

Would you say the same thing to someone with schizophrenia to stop hearing voices? Or someone who was suicidal who took drugs for depression? Where do you draw the line? Like it or…

I was in a similar situation. Couldn't keep a consistent job, couldn't keep a long term relationship. Jumped from one thing to another again and again. Struggled with poor emotiona…