I have so many things I want to do but just can’t. Play a video game, read a book, take dog for walk, build a gadget I bought parts for, finish writing a song, finish building a computer… But no, I just sit there stuck. How do I get unstuck?

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    1 day ago

    No it’s really that the result feels like a decision imposed on me and my brain can’t deal with that… It’s the same if I start to do something I want, then someone calls to tell me to do it and now I can’t do it anymore. Not sure if it’s PDA or something else, but it’s really annoying, especially in combination with AuDHD.

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      1 day ago

      Was just about to suggest it might be PDA. I have a bit of that and it is rather annoying. Some techniques ive used go combat this:

      • challenge yourself. Or someone else challenge you to do a thing. “I bet you can’t do x.”
      • give yourself a couple choices that lead to the same result and then just lick one. This one can be tough if im feeling indecisive.

      Neither are perfect but they do help sometimes.

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        Nice suggestions, thanks!

        Challenges usually get the opposite reaction than demands for me, I can’t even count all the stuff I’ve done because of it. Maybe self (not-)imposed challenges would work? I’ll need to give it a try. Though challenges also have their problems, like picking the most stupid or pointless ideas because I was advised not to do it. I think there’s a correlation between how stupid and pointless an idea is and how quickly my brain latches onto in 😅