I’ll Do It Later, And Other Lies Adults With ADHD Tell Ourselves

I’ll Do It Later, And Other Lies Adults With ADHD Tell OurselvesPost from: Adult ADD Strengths If you have ADHD, how often have you said any of these words? I’ll do it later. I’ll do it tomorrow. I’ll just finish this page/article/email/task. It won’t take much time. This will be easy. I don’t need a reminder. I’ll remember it, don’t worry. These are very common lies that we adults with ADHD tell ourselves. We don’t lie deliberately. We don’t even think they’re lies in the moment when we say them because we “have the intention to do them”. We really do believe that we will “do it later”. But we rarely do in fact do it later. This leads to frustration, stress and other negative feelings for the adult with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and often even more of that for others around us, spouses, family, colleagues, friends etc. Adults with ADHD have trouble with time management and arguably procrastination is one of the biggest problems for ADHD adults. I’ve said them, my adult ADHD coaching clients have said them, I’ve heard them at the Vancouver adult ADD Support group I lead, and I’ve heard them from many, many adults with ADHD. The problem is that all the good intentions in the world are useless by themselves. Intentions don’t really matter that much unless they’re malicious & hostile, then they do. Intentions are not actions. But often we ADD...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Tags: Time Management Source Type: blogs