wanderer03
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I struggle with executive functioning. Is there anyone else out there with the same struggles? If so, how did you overcome?
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what do you mean by executive functioning?
Hi. Reviving this thread because *I knew* I couldn't be the first or only one looking for help with "executive dysfunction."
To be honest, I still don't know what it is. I read the description in the link above, but everywhere I look I see these excessively academic definitions that usually refer somewhere to childhood development.
I'm not a child. I haven't been for 22 years. But I am dysfunctional left right and center. I can't do basic things like check my mail more than once a month and going to a store that I've never been to before can be downright paralyzing. It may take me days or weeks to work up the courage to go, and not because I'm actively afraid of anything happening, but because whenever I think about it, my mind spirals out of control with what if scenarios and then I can't tell what's more important or if I should wash the dishes first. I make lists daily to try and stay on top of things, but not having a routine or concrete markers to anchor myself to (like, for example a daily commute that passes by the grocery store that I can use to check in and find out if I need groceries) can leave me easily overwhelmed. I've found that subtle changes to my environment can mean half or double the amount of stuff I can accomplish in a day. It's frustrating and I don't know if I will ever be able to live alone or cope without help.
Can someone explain to me? Is this executive dysfunction? What do people do about it?
Meditation is...right. So what is neurofeedback therapy? Is it like biofeedback therapy for people who have lost control of their buttholes?That is my impression. I've found in my case and others looking over and it and thinking "well, why can't he/she just do that?" doesn't make it any less the case (and is often how we're looked down on for it). Just two ideas to throw at you if for lack of anything helpful: meditation or neurofeedback therapy.
All of this... wow. Right now I am so overwhelmed about several things - many of which I know "should" be small things - that I'm not able to focus on my work I actually need to get done. I do live alone and live a very Spartan life partly because of income and partly because I can't be bothered to do more. I say it like that, as if it's a matter of laziness, but you know it's not that. It's a real feeling of "I can't". I definitely couldn't hack it on my own without auto bill pay coming directly out of my bank account.Hi. Reviving this thread because *I knew* I couldn't be the first or only one looking for help with "executive dysfunction."
To be honest, I still don't know what it is. I read the description in the link above, but everywhere I look I see these excessively academic definitions that usually refer somewhere to childhood development.
I'm not a child. I haven't been for 22 years. But I am dysfunctional left right and center. I can't do basic things like check my mail more than once a month and going to a store that I've never been to before can be downright paralyzing. It may take me days or weeks to work up the courage to go, and not because I'm actively afraid of anything happening, but because whenever I think about it, my mind spirals out of control with what if scenarios and then I can't tell what's more important or if I should wash the dishes first. I make lists daily to try and stay on top of things, but not having a routine or concrete markers to anchor myself to (like, for example a daily commute that passes by the grocery store that I can use to check in and find out if I need groceries) can leave me easily overwhelmed. I've found that subtle changes to my environment can mean half or double the amount of stuff I can accomplish in a day. It's frustrating and I don't know if I will ever be able to live alone or cope without help.
Can someone explain to me? Is this executive dysfunction? What do people do about it?