how to fix "waiting mode" | ADHD Symptom Solutions
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Waiting mode sucks and has made me feel horribly guilty and pretty useless in the past. After getting diagnosed, medicated, and coming to see it as a symptom...

Video thumbnail is a tweet saying:

I hate how I am a "I have an appointment at 4pm so I can't do anything all day" type of person

TLDR set disruptive alarms. This lets you forget about the event until you need to focus on it, instead of devoting attention to keeping it in mind all day to the detriment of everything else.

Video is very succinct and well-edited and I think it's worth a watching the whole thing. He has a good style and has ADHD himself so he knows how to edit for his audience.

  • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    I wonder, is there an app that can set a few randomized alarms? I feel like this is a great suggestion, but my initial thought is "if I know when the alarms are set for, maybe it might lose some impact on my brain (in particular)."

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      same same i need this. if i set reminders with fixed times i will just get used to them and ignore that shit. need to not expect it