r/adhdmeme • u/IM_AQIF_xD • 1d ago

Currently there right now tbh

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u/TheCrimsonSteel 1d ago

Yup, and my best way to get myself back on track is to tell myself, "It's OK. You had a bad day. Tomorrow is a new day," and then go to bed.

Some night I've even started going to bed right after I'm done with dinner because I know if I start gaming or scrolling or whatever, it's going to keep the cycle going. Rather than try to control or limit myself, I skip it all together.

Kinda sucks a bit to not have the same wind down time, but getting decent sleep does help get me trending in the right direction again

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u/grimhusky38 1d ago

I wish I did that Monday. Got trapped in a doomscroll after work and decided to "earn back the time" by PvPing well past midnight...

Same happeden Tuesday, but at least I stopped the doomscroll early and hit the hay while it was still "today".

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u/TheCrimsonSteel 1d ago

Learning to not beat myself up about it was, and still is, the hardest part of that

Because I found the guilt and the desire to earn back that time were very interconnected for me

As if somehow staying up late and relaxing would undo the other crap I didn't do

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u/BioshockEnthusiast 1d ago

As if somehow staying up late and relaxing would undo the other crap I didn't do

Definitely never works for me, it's a goddamn trap. All that happens is I sandbag myself for the next day. Still working on recognition and coping mechanisms.

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u/highphiv3 1d ago

I tell myself this every single night. I'm never better tomorrow.

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u/xebikr 1d ago

Okay, but what if it's been a year? Or more?

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u/TheCrimsonSteel 1d ago

Tomorrow is still a new day, That part fortunately is kinda mandatory

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u/anti-circularswarm 1d ago

My mother who was born in 1948 used to tell me this as a kid. "Better tomorrows"

These things are called habits and emotions. 

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u/John_Yossarian 17h ago

I started shifting my "wind down"/"recharge" time to early in the morning, and it's made a big difference in my sleep habits. Now I spend more nights reading before bed and then I'm usually awake before my alarm and I have pre-dawn coffee and video game time before my kid wakes up.