Progress made with executive dysfunction
As this is a symptom of mine I struggle with regularly about and share on here I thought I would share the progress I have made and what I have found that helps me too. Maybe it can help other people.
So how my executive dysfunction manifests is this. A typical person wakes up in the morning. They think "What do I do now?" And they just go off of whatever their standard morning routine is. maybe get a cup of coffee. Get dressed.
My brain doesn't do that. Any time I ask myself the question "what do I do now" it is like I have entered the question into a Google search engine and it comes back with infinite pages of responses. I am presented with every single thing I could possibly do right at that moment. I get extremely overwhelmed. And paralyzed. It can take me hours to get going on anything.
What I have found helps is that when I am met with that question "What do I do now" instead of looking at all the things I COULD POSSIBLY DO....I check in with my emotions and think what do I WANT to do. Usually it is the very first thing on the list I thought of.
So this morning I did that. I said "What do I WANT to do" when I was met with the infinite list of possibilities of what I could be doing. And I decided out of all those things I most WANTED to just sip a cup of coffee, watch a show and wake up. And it worked I did it instead of getting paralyzed for hours.
I have used this a number of times now to help me get unstuck. Just focus on what you WANT to be doing and don't bother with anything else. You don't need any other information at that moment except that is what you want to do.
Maybe that will help someone else too! Good luck y'all
So how my executive dysfunction manifests is this. A typical person wakes up in the morning. They think "What do I do now?" And they just go off of whatever their standard morning routine is. maybe get a cup of coffee. Get dressed.
My brain doesn't do that. Any time I ask myself the question "what do I do now" it is like I have entered the question into a Google search engine and it comes back with infinite pages of responses. I am presented with every single thing I could possibly do right at that moment. I get extremely overwhelmed. And paralyzed. It can take me hours to get going on anything.
What I have found helps is that when I am met with that question "What do I do now" instead of looking at all the things I COULD POSSIBLY DO....I check in with my emotions and think what do I WANT to do. Usually it is the very first thing on the list I thought of.
So this morning I did that. I said "What do I WANT to do" when I was met with the infinite list of possibilities of what I could be doing. And I decided out of all those things I most WANTED to just sip a cup of coffee, watch a show and wake up. And it worked I did it instead of getting paralyzed for hours.
I have used this a number of times now to help me get unstuck. Just focus on what you WANT to be doing and don't bother with anything else. You don't need any other information at that moment except that is what you want to do.
Maybe that will help someone else too! Good luck y'all
