A realistic day in the life with ADHD

[Music] ah good morning guys my name is Jerome I have ADHD and I will take you with me through a full day with all the ups and downs and also weird stuff that I do so let's go my alarm goes off at seven but I was already awake at six because I have a huge problem with racing thoughts tax returns by the way yeah those brainstorming sessions can get really annoying and they won't stop until I get up and get myself some coffee the funny thing about coffee is that it doesn't make me very active like it does to normal people it just makes me not paralyzed if that makes sense my latest morning ritual is to sit on the couch and try to not look at my phone for the next hours because it's just very bad for my ADHD symptoms and instead I try to establish a to-do list routine which helps me to not get completely lost in the day then I got myself ready to hit the gym right before work not because I'm one of these super productive morning routine guys but more like it really helps my symptoms unfortunately it takes me forever to get ready because I lose everything my keys my airpods my jacket my mind sometimes I lose my stuff even twice and and yeah so it took me like 30 minutes to get ready to hit the gym my time at the gym was very limited because it took me so long and I also have to work after that but I really like it because it forces me to really stick to my schedule and not to get distracted by anything so on many days this is the most productive hour in my whole day maybe it's also because I always leave my phone in the locker sometimes I wish I had a locker at home wait I actually have one okay never mind then I thought it's a great idea to put my phone into the record then I realized maybe it was not the best idea the workout itself helps a lot with my anxiety and my racing thoughts and the effects last around the half of the day then I had to race home because I can't estimate how long it takes me to get somewhere and I really needed to do something for work and this is basically every morning it's always the same I took a shower and then I started to overthink again yay most of the time I overthink about work because I have the feeling that I'm not able to do everything I should do which is also kind of true so when I first checked my mails I'm already kind of anxious about what in there but normally it turns out just fine but I will definitely stress about it tomorrow again then a sudden wave of energy and hyperactivity hit me really hard when I danced around for no reason and in this phase it's very hard for me to focus on anything work related so normally I just run around and do random course I can see in my flat like for example doing the laundry in this case I forgot the laundry again so it was kind of stinky but I had to finish this task because I'm already running out of clothes this chaotic mood can last for a very long time I have no control over it I just snack random stuff out of the fridge I always leave the fridge door open for no reason and then I see something I have to clean immediately so I am kind of productive but not like planned productive in conclusion I get things done but not the things I plan to do what I really like about this face is that I'm getting very creative and I have a lot of ideas in my mind but I have to write them down because otherwise they will be lost forever next supposed to update call with my colleagues unfortunately I have to lie a lot because usually I can't keep up with all the responsibilities I wanted to do yesterday so instead I tell all kinds of stories I over share from my personal life I try to make them laugh and I always hope that they will never get that I'm an unproductive piece of next was a very unpleasant task which I was avoiding for weeks now because ah I don't like it it's easy but I can't do it so I have to stress at the very last minute but it wasn't the last minute yet so I got paralyzed I have to lay down on the couch and have to wait till the stress is so intense that I just have to start I absolutely love that I think it's kind of a caveman thing but the problem is I'm not a caveman I'm like a desk worker so that sucks and my brain isn't learning from my mistakes because it always works out in the end and so it at this time I was able to finish the task in the last 50 minutes I was able to get onto the call presented and everyone was kind of happy and I was kind of frustrated then I had to answer some text and voicemails because when I'm stressed like right now I tend to not answer to voicemail and my mother always hits me with this nine minute voicemails full of problems so yeah it helps me a lot to have them answer all at once or at least most of them it feels like an accomplishment and also like decluttering last but not least I had to pay an invoice but the problem is for that invoice I have to log in into my bank account and I try to avoid that for the last weeks and in the end the fear of looking into my bank account one and I dodged it to the next day in the afternoon I was completely done not with my work but with my nerves and for that reason I had to take a walk get some fresh air sometimes the home office like really messing with me and to be honest I have to change that real soon but for now I just met with a friend and recharged my social batteries and later on I just laid on the couch tried to relax not to think too much also to not use my phone just watching some course YouTube and trying to go to bed before 10 30. that really helps me a lot this was a good day with ADHD I have also days where I got nothing done except for sports and that's also okay but every day is different and I think since the diagnosis I'm getting better but it's a struggle I would be very happy to see your stories and your daily routines in the comments and please let me know if you liked the video I put a lot of effort in it and would love to hear your opinion so I'll see you in the next one bye

Channel: Battlefield ADHD

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Length: 5min 56sec (356 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 12 2023