beachnet
Adhd b like..... i have one activity on tuesday thats like an hour long but im gonna consider that a busy day so no I can’t make any other plans on that day
libellule2001
We call it being an introvert
jabberwockypie
It’s not, though.
Being an introvert, you might go “Okay, well this thing that takes an hour is about the limit of my Ability to People for the day. I won’t have the energy to do this other thing later without a break.”.
ADHD is “Well my appointment’s at 2pm, but I should probably plan to show up early just in case, and driving takes 15 minutes, so I should round that up to an hour, and I need at least 3 hours to get ready in case I get distracted, so I need to get up at 8, and I can do Nothing Else.
Bonus points if you manage to fuck over your sleep schedule the night before because you’re feeling anxious about getting to the thing on time.
(If that sounds exhausting, it really is.)
You hyper-correct because you’ve been late to so much shit, because Time Blindness is a big part of ADHD.
alicenginger
Everywhere is at least 15 minutes of travel time away. I need another 15 minutes of buffer in case of traffic. I should aim to be ready to go by 15 minutes before I plan to leave, and I’ll probably need like 15 minutes to get ready, so I have to be done Doing Anything by 15 minutes before THAT so I am Ready to get ready.....
Everything in my life functions on 15 minute intervals. Because less is “no time at all” and more is “plenty of time” and neither of those time frames actually mean anything to my focus or distractibility.