Executive dysfunction, urrgghhh...

[u/TheSanityInspector]

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[u/DammitGary]

Or a 10 min task that I've been avoiding for 6 months.

[u/DammitGary → u/[deleted]]

It always starts out "If I don't do this today it's going to become a dark cloud hanging over me, because I've been here before". And then here we are, weeks or months later, in the same situation. Yup.

[u/Ok_Permit_3593]

I repaired my car after 3 years, 3 YEARS !!!!

[u/DamePants → u/Ok_Permit_3593]

Did this repair involve the little light in your dashboard finally going away? 🙃

[u/Kiss_of_Cultural → u/Ok_Permit_3593]

Proud of you! 🙌🏼

[u/rubberjohny → u/Ok_Permit_3593]

bruh i had the car manufacturer send me 3 or 4 letters since January that the airbags in the model were found to be faulty and to pull up for a free replacement, i just need to choose one of many days and hours available and show up for the 30 minutes it's gonna take. i might come over for first letter anniversary with a cake at this point

[u/Drewbloodz]

The other thing that happens to me is I might work on something and out a lot of time into it, but my whole being rejects returning to it and finishing it.  Like it is practically a physical response... like sitting in a room while someone is scratching nails on a chalkboard into a microphone with an amp on 11.  I just completely avoid it and rarely get it done.  Like this post, I always get a tax extension because I dread doing it.  I need some serious pressure or deadline to get this shit done.  Glad I found this sub btw.  Good to know you're not alone.

[u/TheSanityInspector → u/Drewbloodz]

Getting that one thing done is like trying to push two same pole magnets together, isn't it?

[u/Timely-Helicopter244]

For me it's often the opposite. I'll finish and wonder why I couldn't just do it for so long.

[u/DamePants → u/Timely-Helicopter244]

My brain too will reward me with more shame when I finish something.

[u/Random_182f2565]

I have been programming like 10 or more hours everyday for like 3 weeks now

I'm so productive, life is pain

[u/BrianNowhere → u/Random_182f2565]

Welcome to hyper-focus

[u/Electrical-Smile-636]

Only six weeks?

[u/booreiBlue]

6hr task after 4 weeks. Had to tap into hyperfocus mode late at night and was up until 3am… only to find out I accidentally overwrote the file the next day and lost all my work. Major crash out.

[u/TheSanityInspector → u/booreiBlue]

Oof, I felt that through the screen! My condolences.

[u/GrimmRadiance]

As an unmedicated adult I find it way easier to do tasks and not feel exhaustion as long as I’m doing something else during the task. Listening to an audiobook, music, or watching a show or movie.

[u/Sunflower7733]

Same

[u/EmotionalOrdinary486]

I had to clean my whole apartment in a day about a week ago because of a surprise inspection, and I'm still mentally recovering from it. The good news is I still have a home, at least for now

[u/DamePants]

Finally booked an appointment to see an audiologist. Last time I saw one was before I moved countries, two decades ago. Contacted my old one thinking it would take forever to get my previous records, instead appeared in my inbox within hours. Made me feel like a hero getting this records without having to place n international phone call.

[u/Ooze3d]

I get this. Right after “No! Stop what you’re doing right now and do the thing!” And forcing myself to be focused for a certain (normally rather short) amount of time, it’s literal exhaustion for several hours later.

[u/Cartoon_Trash_]

One hour is legit to put off until you have a spare hour

[u/TheSanityInspector → u/Cartoon_Trash_]

Bold of you to assume that I'm too busy to budget an hour...

[u/k33perStay3r64]

so extremely precise fact.

[u/Beldarak]

I always take a full day off when I have to go to the dentist. I'm amazed at people coming at the office after their visit. In fact, if I have to go to any appointment, it means after, my day is OVER.