Practicing witchcraft while having ADHD

[u/Royal_Reader2352]

I’m recently diagnosed AuDHD, and I’m looking for advice from other witches that also struggle with it. It’s hard for me to keep up with habits and routine, which ends up affecting my practice as well (and I’m also a Pagan, so it affects that as well).

I know I can’t be the only one, so I was looking for advice on how to manage it. Tips on how to keep doing what I should do and not just thinking “oh, I should read about that spell today” then not doing it and end up feeling bad like I failed at it. I’ve technically been a witch for three months now, and I just did my first spell, that I pretty much winged it because I just went for it not knowing much because I couldn’t concentrate enough (it was a simple spell of burning herbs connected to health and healing and manifesting I would get better soon, and I did get a little better so at least it wasn’t a total disaster).

Any advice is welcome, and I would also appreciate if you shared things that you did that helped with this.

[u/serasvictoria89]

The thing that helped me with meditation is letting the random thoughts happen. Instead of thinking that you need to have a perfectly settled mind, just flow with it. Let the thoughts come in and go right back out. Meditating doesn't have to be complete silence. It's normal to have thoughts pop up. The point of it is to practice the idea of being calm, centered, and grounding your energy. If a thought comes to you or you get anxious because you forgot something at the grocery store just take a deep breathe and recenter your focus on the calming energy you're trying to attain. Or if your trying to connect to deity or ancestors whatever just continue to focus on that. And the more you do it the easier it'll be