This video offers more great strategies that work with ADHD brains. Unless I'm incredibly excited and hyper-focused on a project (yes, hyper-focus is part of ADHD too!), the only way I have productive days is by using a Pomodoro timer.
This video offers more great strategies that work with ADHD brains. Unless I'm incredibly excited and hyper-focused on a project (yes, hyper-focus is part of ADHD too!), the only way I have productive days is by using a Pomodoro timer.
This video offers more great strategies that work with ADHD brains. Unless I'm incredibly excited and hyper-focused on a project (yes, hyper-focus is part of ADHD too!), the only way I have productive days is by using a Pomodoro timer.
Non-Toxic ADHD Productivity
Hacks that ACTUALLY Work
Non-Toxic ADHD Productivity
Hacks that ACTUALLY Work
For years, I'd build time management systems, lose motivation, and feel like I'd failed. This video taught me that repeating the same routine provides my brain with less dopamine each time. And when that dopamine drops below a certain level, I lose interest and therefore motivation. Understanding this lifted the burden of feeling like a failure. Now, when a system stops working for me, it's okay - I can switch systems without guilt, document what worked, and come back to it another time.
For years, I'd build time management systems, lose motivation, and feel like I'd failed. This video taught me that repeating the same routine provides my brain with less dopamine each time. And when that dopamine drops below a certain level, I lose interest and therefore motivation. Understanding this lifted the burden of feeling like a failure. Now, when a system stops working for me, it's okay - I can switch systems without guilt, document what worked, and come back to it another time.
For years, I'd build time management systems, lose motivation, and feel like I'd failed. This video taught me that repeating the same routine provides my brain with less dopamine each time. And when that dopamine drops below a certain level, I lose interest and therefore motivation. Understanding this lifted the burden of feeling like a failure. Now, when a system stops working for me, it's okay - I can switch systems without guilt, document what worked, and come back to it another time.
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Avoiding Toxic Productivity
Advice for ADHD
Avoiding Toxic
Productivity
Advice for ADHD
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This video teaches a simple yet powerful message: Mental fatigue isn't laziness. It's your brain hitting a biological wall. When your prefrontal cortex (the part already working overtime with ADHD) maxes out, glutamate builds up and your brain forces you into autopilot to protect itself.
Instead of thinking "I should try harder," you can recognize your brain is doing its job. The ADHD guilt often comes from believing we should push through when we literally can't- because of biological limits.
This allows us to work with our brains instead of against it. Build in rest and recovery, switch tasks when you're tired, and stop believing in unlimited willpower. It's about respecting how your brain actually works and finding rhythms that fit.
This video teaches a simple yet powerful message: Mental fatigue isn't laziness. It's your brain hitting a biological wall. When your prefrontal cortex (the part already working overtime with ADHD) maxes out, glutamate builds up and your brain forces you into autopilot to protect itself.
Instead of thinking "I should try harder," you can recognize your brain is doing its job. The ADHD guilt often comes from believing we should push through when we literally can't- because of biological limits.
This allows us to work with our brains instead of against it. Build in rest and recovery, switch tasks when you're tired, and stop believing in unlimited willpower. It's about respecting how your brain actually works and finding rhythms that fit.
MENTAL FATIGUE: WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOUR BRAIN GETS TIRED ?
MENTAL FATIGUE: WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOUR BRAIN GETS TIRED ?
This video teaches a simple yet powerful message: Mental fatigue isn't laziness. It's your brain hitting a biological wall. When your prefrontal cortex (the part already working overtime with ADHD) maxes out, glutamate builds up and your brain forces you into autopilot to protect itself.
Instead of thinking "I should try harder," you can recognize your brain is doing its job. The ADHD guilt often comes from believing we should push through when we literally can't- because of biological limits.
This allows us to work with our brains instead of against it. Build in rest and recovery, switch tasks when you're tired, and stop believing in unlimited willpower. It's about respecting how your brain actually works and finding rhythms that fit.