ADHD Paralysis Explained
It’s totally a thing, but not really a thing…
A day in the life
After seeing my son off to school each morning, I go back to my kitchen for another cup of coffee and consider my to-do list.
Except, not exactly.
I have a physical to-do list written down but I usually forget it exists, so I stand there in the kitchen, coffee in hand, mentally going over an overwhelming list of things I should be doing.
Okay, I tell my brain — just focus. (Yeah, like that ever works).
I remember this one thing, but I seem to remember that there is an Important Thing needing my attention, except I can’t remember what it was…
I can’t start on the thing I do remember, because then I won’t do the Important Thing, except I have no idea what the Important Thing is right now.
Okay, so then I sit. I take a sip, breathe, and have get organized. (Yeah. Right).
Then I remember that I have a list! Oh, thank you, yesterday me for remembering to write this stuff down!
I get to my list. I read the list.
As I sit there, I realize that I don’t want to do any of these things. They’re not Interesting Things. I only want to do Interesting Things.
