The another way I can be productive with my ADHD is getting hyperfocused on one thing & forget life. Forget meals, hygiene, socialization, entertainment, cleaning... everything. Until I pass out with exhaustion.
Only to then need a week+ to recover and then lament because everything has now piled up and we have to do it again, and again, and again ... Or is that just me? 😅
@@3nertia not me "getting my sh*t together" now that I lost weeks hyperfocused on The Sims lol Happens when I hyperfocus on work too, I forget to mantain the planning systems that I need for my brain... and then I die
I’ve started rewarding myself BEFORE I do the work because then I’m ‘topped up’ energetically and inspirationally, so can focus, and already know what I’m working for. Waiting for the pay off ‘at the end’ just doesn’t work for me. I can’t visualise it ever happening. Whereas if I rest and play first, and then work, I’ve already gotten the pay off, and am inspired to do. 3 days into working this way, and so far it’s a huge difference. : D
Loved the note with "*get up, *exist, *sleep" made me laugh. I've had many times in my life where that was the list i had ( just in my head ) so far and since I've started on meds (vyvanse, only recently diagnosed aswell) im getting back to doing stuff that needs doing and having the motivation to do what i need to get done . Im hoping ill keep going well on this path. Im just grateful for every day i have motivation and a better outlook . (Suffered with chronic anxiety and depression for 9 years now since was diagnosed with that and had some really long periods of feeling really really down where i was close to "checking out") anyway sorry for the long comment .
somehow came back here after a recent video, makes much more sense, pretty sure these tips make less sense to neuro typicals. these are life savers. some of these - I've already been following it in different ways without realizing it.
Thank you so much for the feedback! I was worried this video might be too "basic" or "strange" for exactly this reason... But neurotypicals share their advice with us all the time and it famously doesn't work anyway. So who cares? We deserve to do things our way without shame or judgement - what matters is it works for us and our mental health is preserved. ☺️ Wishing you a lovely day!
There's really no sugarcoating it, no matter what options and strategies we use.. it still fundamentally sucks 😖 The silver lining is that we relate SO MUCH, we're practically one hive mind, and we have each other!
found this video very informative, Upbeet, and a hopeful. Your voice, calm and soothing, Drew and held my attention quite easily. But then, I don’t have a DHD. I am looking at videos to share with my granddaughter, who has been diagnosed. Thank you for the work you do in sharing these TH-cam videos with the world. Thank you for all your great ideas! Do you have experience and finding different meditation/mindfulness techniques that can be incorporated for the benefit of The precious ADHD Brain?❤☮️☮️
Thank you so much for your sweet comment and thank you for being such a good grandmother and researching for your granddaughter! You are amazing! I have tried mindfulness and meditation for a long time, but it is incredibly hard (in my experience) to use them in the way that others do. Walking meditations, music, and other such mindfulness activities that involve moving your body seem to be much more helpful. Trying to stay in one place and think can actually backfire for quite a few ADHD individuals. I would definitely experiment with a few different practices! I wish you and your family all the best!
Oh my god… I’ve been doing a tonne of these over the last few months, and it’s been a real life changer for me. Only got this video today and had came up with quite a few of these techniques by over the last few months, after years and years of struggling. : 0 I’m not diagnosed ADHD, but the videos I’ve seen this week on the topic, and practices I hear about, I can relate to them so much! Online tests tell me I have high tendencies, but I don’t know!
I’ve just come across you and I’m so happy I did! You’re amazing!!!! And this video is so useful! I’m very intrigued by the ring but it’s quite pricey, does it have a refund guarantee? I looooove your vibe!!!! ❤❤❤❤
Okay I LOVE the tips!! But someone help me...... Almost every time I try to start a new strategy or hack, I forget about it peretty much the next day - even if I post it up on the freaking wall.... I'm not medicated or diagnosed, but I'm going to my doctor today because I just can't do this any more. I need help. How the hell can I remember to do allllll the things I need to do? Even when I make a to do list, I forget to look at the to do list, even though I've been busy all day, it's just things I come across, I do, and the things I wrote down just disappear from my mind.. I feel like a failure.
i hope you have been able to get medication or other helpful resources. my best advice for you would be to get some fun sticky notes to get those things you need in your face at eye level
the problem is, getting a reward that has no value at all from some silly little app does nothing for me. that is my issue. the reward must be meaningful or novel for it to even have the possibility to create motivation. problem with that is there really isint anything external that is a meaningful reward anymore.
This is me. Like. Either the thing is rewarding to do, or it isn’t. No little pre-planned reward or app ding will change that. That’s just extra steps, and I could have that cookie literally any time I want. So it’s not intrinsically linked to the task, so it doesn’t change how rewarding the task is.
How about the reward of the job done. It was absolutely the wrong timing to clean out the bathroom cabinet because I had a pile of dishes, and a hurricane went through my living room, but I still enjoy it every time I open the cabinet, and everything is neatly organised in a way it will stay organised.
@@sparklemotion8377 that isint a reward to me. i could care less if anything is organized or clean. i use the same cup for coffee for weeks without washing it for example.
Been there, and for me, that was clinical depression. With ADHD, co-morbidities can get confusing. I still don’t really have an easy answer, but have found on good days I can mostly do things with the minimal rewards suggested here, and on almost-bad days, what I’m watching (or hopefully listening to a podcast or audiobook or something) I just take with me. On bad days, I just make it a point to watch something similar to this, and set my expectations low to do just one minimal task, but also remember not to beat myself up if I still don’t actually do it, because there’s not really any way that’s helpful, at least not for me.
As someone who loves Ali, I can say that after spending probably 50 to 100 hours watching his videos (idk I’m time blind) i learned that Vyvanse and ADHD focused therapy is the key to productivity. Again, I absolutely love Ali. Unfortunately my brain uses his videos to get excited about being productive instead of actually learning to be productive.
Ali is toxic AF, not just for us ADHDer, but everyone, plus he's full of shit. He's had and always had a team or producers, video editors, editors, writers, researches, and assistants. If we all had the money to have a team behind us telling us facts and keeping us on task we'd all kick ass. Ali is the poster child of toxic productivity... period.
I literally feel like an alien when people say that they are rewarded by crossing something off a list. Not even REMOTELY rewarding. It feels like another tedious task cluttering everything up 😂😮❤
Not gonna lie I make lists then months later see them and half the stuff is crossed off for like 2 weeks then a 8 month gap start again and give up again. 😆 Feels good for like 3 weeks tops for me then not even remotely helpful afterwards.
The idea of crossing something off a list relies on the sensation of filling up something. If a list doesn't work for you can find another way to measure your progress c:
Notes: Get dopamine 1. "Make life as fun as possible" - music, reward on finishing small things, cross off, yoga, exercise - "Challenge". 2. "always work with your brain" - be smart in making choices and complete tasks, rather than holding slowly onto tasks. approach differently. walk, dance, exercise, game. "Dopamine Switching" - brain, then fun, then brain then fun. 3. "Accommodate yourself" - from additive habits by using fidgets, sensory tapes, push ups, etc. 4. "Use ur environment as much as possible" (changing our state) - music dance, "change the place", showers. 5. "constraints suck butt they rock" - use timers n take breaks, finish off. else overuse of time. use productive apps.
@@AntoniasUniverse I only started taking medication for adhd 2 months ago but this hack worked even without medication. The advice came from my psychologist since I used to lose a ton of time doing my chores while binge-watching TV shows and movies (yes, cooking and cleaning while keeping my eyes on phone to watch, not a very good idea, of course); because of course every 2 minutes I forgot I was doing something and just kept staring at my phone. She suggested that I listen to audiobooks because I told her I CANT do my tasks while only listening to my thoughts. That was the BEST advice of my LIFE; it improved my concentration, housework, English, and other areas. A plus, Im am almost getting a job as a interpreter because my english skills really flourished after listening to audiobooks nonstop for almost 2 years (Im a portuguese native speaker from Brazil). Love my psychologist 💌
I've been having trouble startings ANYTHING. even if it's going to be fun like coloring! even if I WANT to do it! But I ESPECIALLY have a hard time tryinng to wash my face or cook or shower. Yesterday I wasted like 6 hours just pacing around trying to wash my face
I really feel you. I’m combined presentation but have recently had a really, really bad phase of this…when you can’t do things you need to, it’s one thing, but when you can’t do things you WANT to do? It’s torture. But I’d got to a place of not even wanting to…was so overwhelmed that I was sleeping most of the day, I’d get up, have some coffee, and just had to lie down again. It was full-on ADHD depression, and I have severe dissociative complex-PTSD which was getting worse, both compounding each other. Not going to even say how bad it got but it brought it home that the way my ADHD has been making it hard to sort out the treatment for it is no joke and I have to act while I’m more able to function (be productive? No. But…not that). My diagnosis history is absurd…the uk is waaay behind…it’s been 3 years now but…another post! I wish you so much love and it sounds like you’re not on meds either, and, well, I know they made a world of difference to me the first time, for the very v brief time I was on them. I’d only just got to the top dose of Elvanse (European Vyvanse) when the doctor sacked me. Had paid nearly £10,000. Long story! Anyway - this brain needs meds! X
People have talked about Ali for a long time but I didn’t watch any of his videos h til I’d already been diagnosed and started on medication. While I’m sure the advice is great for NT’s, I’m so glad I watched it when I already knew I had ADHD, as I’ve been able to go ‘ah… this advice is not made for my brain’, instead of ‘this advice doesn’t work for me because I’m a massive failure’ (which is what would have happened before)
I tend to start with a task I know I will succeed in. Not with the most difficult or most boring one (it might be, though..).. After that I feel good because I succeeded in that simple thing. After that my mindset is better and capable of more complex tasks. It may be as simple as getting coffee for you coworkers, reading some document, cleaning up your desk a little..
ADHD is a terrible condition. Here are some hacks that work for a few days for me (from time to time): 1. POMODORO app - tick - tick - tick - tick … WHILE WORKING 2. LOUD WHITE NOISE (test lot of noises, some will work) 3. NEVER STOP: work - fun - work - fun - work - fun … ♾ 4. EASY TASKS FIRST (like in a video game, level-up, not down) 5. have more workplaces and SWITCH them often 6. turn exercise into fun and have this FUN as often as possible 7. OVERDOSE WITH B3 VITAMINS (250mg 5 times / day) it may work as a placebo too 8. no processed food, no pastry, drink water only, sugar just as a WHOLE fruit 9. rebuild your second brain (notion.so) OFTEN 10. DELETE files and THROW stuff OUT 11. use incense sticks, candles, scents ... to calm your senses 12. try cold shower and only then enjoy warm shower ... as a reward for that torture (cold shower = dopamine) 13. have small note papers EVERYWHERE and write NOTES immediately when you need to store any important information 14. stick to intermitent fasting (in order to avoid frequent eating - get dopamine from exercise instead from frequent eating!) 15. the only real TIME is NOW (forget “past” and forget “future” - these are just an artificial constructs)
Finally something that helps, I am currently watching my online class running a timer in the background to see how long it takes to do things and when I write my questions I play videos on youtube or watch anime and I pause it while solving it. It gets my things done. A lot of people on the internet just say that don't multitask, but if I stopped doing it this way it ultimately leads to my complete shutdown and so I stopped listening to them. This is actually seems like a good advice to me. Resistance leads to disappointment. I could get bored of a game in like a day. I delete them as fast as I install them unless they have an engaging story and on that case I'd finish it the same day or the next. I'd never understand people who play candy crush more than a month, the most I'd last is 5 days.
Its probably because we trick our brain into thinking the reward for this boring action is equal to this fun activity, but in reality they are not equal. Multitasking problem isn't that simple. After you did this though, can you get back to doing boring activity ONLY, without associating with other fun activity? Because if you can't it might lead to the problem of spiral up higher engagement reward, from multitasking 1 activity, now 2 activity, then 3 activity (doing fun activity repetively make us crave more because it take more for us to be satisfied, why gaming is associated with addictive tendencies ADHD) and its obviously making you spending more energy than before. Here is another situation you have to consider, what happen when you cant have access to fun activity? Its like you are an online game and need constant connection to internet. Interview, doing chores, countryside, disaster happen and no connection, school exam... these are places or situations you encounters in your everyday, with no access to fun activity at all. You have to do more or do something if not you will die, but your brain isn't stimulate enough to even drink water BECAUSE THE ACTION OF DRINKING WATER IS NOT FUN? I'm not telling your method is wrong completely, but a balanced approach is the key.
@@Dragor33-rg7xj Yeah I totally get you. And thank you for pointing that out. Totally switching from one habit to another is very difficult for me. The problem is I fall asleep while writing my notes so I keep any anime playing in the background especially in dubs so I get my work done without being bothered by other thoughts or being pumped by the voice of the character or music so I don't fall asleep. And when I am having a problem solving case I stop whatever music or anime I have in my background and read the question trying to find a solution and play it back on while solving. It helps me from overthinking and getting distracted. I have no problem with brushing my teeth without any media(a certain math or physics problem is enough to keep me occupied) because my biggest motivation is not having to do a root canal again. Like I used to carry my mobile to the bathroom but I don't do that anymore. I try to build it into my system. I kind of can do that work without the fun activity but it's hard and I am slowly building a habit of it being ok. Another success I had recently is building a habit of exercising I don't know how long I can maintain it. But the key is finding something new to keep me motivated. I used to need the aid of constant media to get any work done but after having some time with my dog or cat my mind calms down a bit or has a lot of stimuli. I want to move out of my home next year for college I am very concerned about how I will manage there. I stopped playing games sticking to one source of entertainment which includes longer anime(s) is good even TH-cam is too much stimulating for me.
Your cat is so cute! ❤️ Great tips! I intuitively use a lot of these hacks, but sometimes I forget. Thanks for the inspiration. The spinner rings are really neat.
antonia im telling you. ive just been so sad and frustrated at work becaue im doing some boring and complicated stuff right now, i wrote down my schedule for the day according to dopamine -- and i truly feel so much lighter and writing the list itself i felt gave me a dopamine boost. thank you!
Things that stood out: 1. Dopamine crisis, this is something solid that you can tell doubters to explain. I like that phrase. 2. Gamify is a great tip, I tend to do this anyway and even the act of coming up with a game can be exciting. 3. I like that you give permission to make things fun, it’s hard not to feel guilty. This made me realize how boring my house is… it needs some attention!
I started playing minesweeper at work when I have to make phone calls. While it's reading, I play. When someone answers or I have to leave a voicemail, I pause. Now I almost look forward to making calls. Almost.
Meh. What time is the next commitment? Adding the time it takes for each requirement, multiply the sum by a random delay factor to be there, sutract that time from the obligatory time. That technique tells you when to begin the day and boom you're there. Until then ADHD allows us to contemplate what lies beyond the maw at the beginning of the end of one's life. Timers and preset alarms do help.
My ADHD suddenly stopped when I thought you were going to demonstrate how getting into the shower while watching a video helps with ADHD. Sorry, but you are beautiful and have an amazing accent
I love your ADHD hacks, now I'll just have to give them a go and see what sticks (I just hope I won't forget them all immediately xD) I also love your house / flat! looks like a really amazing space with all the wooden beams :)
I've been using a shower speaker for years after trying the phone in the shower in a plastic ziploc bag (double bagged) a few times but even with the phone inside it wasn't loud enough for what I was trying to listen to in the shower.
Lol 😅 only the ring is an ad, but I genuinely love the idea of the ring. I have tons of fidget stuff but I can’t dig it out fast enough in the heat of the moment. When something makes me anxious and stressed on the spot, I either scratch my phone (it has a scratchy sticker) or use my fidget jewellery 😁
I apologize for being mean to you on your latest video. I can see that you've put a lot of effort yourself into this channel and into giving both sound and friendly advice about ADHD. Thankyou for your service.
I hate to say it but as helpful as this video is meant to be and should be for me unfortunately it just overwhelmed me and was a bit t oo much overload. It did more to confuse and overwhelm me more than anything. Interesting concepts though... 🤔
Some good ones. And an insight: Following the stream (3:03) seems really, really boring; turning around can be a (rather problematic) source of both excitement and exhaustion. Most of the time, however, it feels like swimming in an ocean, drifting between countless islands, constantly re-drawing the map.
Thank you very much for this amazing video and all the tipps. They are a big help. I feel like learning more from you in 10 Minutes, than in Years of therapy.
"Accommodations are better than doing nothing the normal way”. I’ve got to remember this more often.
The another way I can be productive with my ADHD is getting hyperfocused on one thing & forget life. Forget meals, hygiene, socialization, entertainment, cleaning... everything. Until I pass out with exhaustion.
Only to then need a week+ to recover and then lament because everything has now piled up and we have to do it again, and again, and again ...
Or is that just me? 😅
@@3nertia not me "getting my sh*t together" now that I lost weeks hyperfocused on The Sims lol Happens when I hyperfocus on work too, I forget to mantain the planning systems that I need for my brain... and then I die
@@panasado7886 Well, you haven't died yet! :D
@@panasado7886this is why I won't boot Minecraft again
I’ve started rewarding myself BEFORE I do the work because then I’m ‘topped up’ energetically and inspirationally, so can focus, and already know what I’m working for.
Waiting for the pay off ‘at the end’ just doesn’t work for me. I can’t visualise it ever happening. Whereas if I rest and play first, and then work, I’ve already gotten the pay off, and am inspired to do.
3 days into working this way, and so far it’s a huge difference. : D
Have you lost track yet 😅
Loved the note with "*get up, *exist, *sleep" made me laugh.
I've had many times in my life where that was the list i had ( just in my head ) so far and since I've started on meds (vyvanse, only recently diagnosed aswell) im getting back to doing stuff that needs doing and having the motivation to do what i need to get done . Im hoping ill keep going well on this path. Im just grateful for every day i have motivation and a better outlook . (Suffered with chronic anxiety and depression for 9 years now since was diagnosed with that and had some really long periods of feeling really really down where i was close to "checking out") anyway sorry for the long comment .
somehow came back here after a recent video, makes much more sense, pretty sure these tips make less sense to neuro typicals. these are life savers. some of these - I've already been following it in different ways without realizing it.
Thank you so much for the feedback!
I was worried this video might be too "basic" or "strange" for exactly this reason... But neurotypicals share their advice with us all the time and it famously doesn't work anyway. So who cares? We deserve to do things our way without shame or judgement - what matters is it works for us and our mental health is preserved. ☺️
Wishing you a lovely day!
You know i don't know how you can be 10000% relating but it is hard living with it
There's really no sugarcoating it, no matter what options and strategies we use.. it still fundamentally sucks 😖 The silver lining is that we relate SO MUCH, we're practically one hive mind, and we have each other!
Not me watching this video while eating icecream and unloading the dishwasher 😅
Imagine getting a spinner ring as a wedding ring :D This would be so cool :D
found this video very informative, Upbeet, and a hopeful. Your voice, calm and soothing, Drew and held my attention quite easily. But then, I don’t have a DHD. I am looking at videos to share with my granddaughter, who has been diagnosed. Thank you for the work you do in sharing these TH-cam videos with the world. Thank you for all your great ideas! Do you have experience and finding different meditation/mindfulness techniques that can be incorporated for the benefit of The precious ADHD Brain?❤☮️☮️
Thank you so much for your sweet comment and thank you for being such a good grandmother and researching for your granddaughter! You are amazing!
I have tried mindfulness and meditation for a long time, but it is incredibly hard (in my experience) to use them in the way that others do. Walking meditations, music, and other such mindfulness activities that involve moving your body seem to be much more helpful. Trying to stay in one place and think can actually backfire for quite a few ADHD individuals. I would definitely experiment with a few different practices!
I wish you and your family all the best!
Oh my god… I’ve been doing a tonne of these over the last few months, and it’s been a real life changer for me. Only got this video today and had came up with quite a few of these techniques by over the last few months, after years and years of struggling. : 0
I’m not diagnosed ADHD, but the videos I’ve seen this week on the topic, and practices I hear about, I can relate to them so much!
Online tests tell me I have high tendencies, but I don’t know!
I’ve just come across you and I’m so happy I did! You’re amazing!!!! And this video is so useful! I’m very intrigued by the ring but it’s quite pricey, does it have a refund guarantee? I looooove your vibe!!!! ❤❤❤❤
Hey Antoniaaa I lovee your videos and ideass ! please keep postig❤❤❤
I’m struggling with the sound quality on this, otherwise, useful video. If I knew how to slow it down 30%, I’d do so.
This is very helpful thank you xx
This Video is awesome ❤
Thanks a lot
these are great thanks!
It's easy: NICE = NEW, INTREST, CHALLENGE, CONSISTENCY, COLD SHOWER, EMERGENCY , make a video :-) you figure it out!
Oh! That’s interesting 😁 I need to read more about it! Thank you ❤️
I buy delicious toothpaste so I love brushing my teeth.
I love that!
Wow
Def shower
Okay I LOVE the tips!! But someone help me...... Almost every time I try to start a new strategy or hack, I forget about it peretty much the next day - even if I post it up on the freaking wall.... I'm not medicated or diagnosed, but I'm going to my doctor today because I just can't do this any more. I need help. How the hell can I remember to do allllll the things I need to do? Even when I make a to do list, I forget to look at the to do list, even though I've been busy all day, it's just things I come across, I do, and the things I wrote down just disappear from my mind.. I feel like a failure.
That's called executive dysfunction. You're not alone
i hope you have been able to get medication or other helpful resources. my best advice for you would be to get some fun sticky notes to get those things you need in your face at eye level
I buy 3-4 different scents of dish soap so I can Alternate Scents and it feels more fun to do the dishes,🤣 I am very Scent-stimulated.
I do this with shower soaps, have always 5 and change every day. I hate showering.
Thanks awesome idea
I am so excited. I am going to give us a go I currently have lavender and I really like the smell but I wonder what else is out there for me.
😂😂😂 this is meeeee. It’s the smallest variety that makes me happy.
I would do this but I can't stand the chemical smell.
the problem is, getting a reward that has no value at all from some silly little app does nothing for me. that is my issue. the reward must be meaningful or novel for it to even have the possibility to create motivation. problem with that is there really isint anything external that is a meaningful reward anymore.
This is me. Like. Either the thing is rewarding to do, or it isn’t. No little pre-planned reward or app ding will change that. That’s just extra steps, and I could have that cookie literally any time I want. So it’s not intrinsically linked to the task, so it doesn’t change how rewarding the task is.
How about the reward of the job done. It was absolutely the wrong timing to clean out the bathroom cabinet because I had a pile of dishes, and a hurricane went through my living room, but I still enjoy it every time I open the cabinet, and everything is neatly organised in a way it will stay organised.
@@sparklemotion8377 that isint a reward to me. i could care less if anything is organized or clean. i use the same cup for coffee for weeks without washing it for example.
@@sparklemotion8377yeah that's the intrinsic reward of the task that was being discussed lol
Been there, and for me, that was clinical depression. With ADHD, co-morbidities can get confusing. I still don’t really have an easy answer, but have found on good days I can mostly do things with the minimal rewards suggested here, and on almost-bad days, what I’m watching (or hopefully listening to a podcast or audiobook or something) I just take with me. On bad days, I just make it a point to watch something similar to this, and set my expectations low to do just one minimal task, but also remember not to beat myself up if I still don’t actually do it, because there’s not really any way that’s helpful, at least not for me.
As someone who loves Ali, I can say that after spending probably 50 to 100 hours watching his videos (idk I’m time blind) i learned that Vyvanse and ADHD focused therapy is the key to productivity.
Again, I absolutely love Ali. Unfortunately my brain uses his videos to get excited about being productive instead of actually learning to be productive.
This. So true 😭 he’s great and all but… ADHD is a whole different story.
Ali is toxic AF, not just for us ADHDer, but everyone, plus he's full of shit. He's had and always had a team or producers, video editors, editors, writers, researches, and assistants. If we all had the money to have a team behind us telling us facts and keeping us on task we'd all kick ass.
Ali is the poster child of toxic productivity... period.
Actually, I forgot HealthyGamerGG exists. He's the ultimate worst disingenuous piece of garbage giving productivity advice, but Ali is a close second.
@@colin-nekritz im surprised to hear that you feel this way!
@@colin-nekritzL take from the all purpose flower man in a suit
I literally feel like an alien when people say that they are rewarded by crossing something off a list. Not even REMOTELY rewarding. It feels like another tedious task cluttering everything up 😂😮❤
this is so relatable! however after a few tasks do get knocked out, it can feel like you’re building momentum.
Not gonna lie I make lists then months later see them and half the stuff is crossed off for like 2 weeks then a 8 month gap start again and give up again. 😆 Feels good for like 3 weeks tops for me then not even remotely helpful afterwards.
Yeah not even the relief of “i finally got that done!” Because my dopamine was used up on the task and now im in a worse mood -_-
The idea of crossing something off a list relies on the sensation of filling up something. If a list doesn't work for you can find another way to measure your progress c:
Notes: Get dopamine
1. "Make life as fun as possible" - music, reward on finishing small things, cross off, yoga, exercise - "Challenge".
2. "always work with your brain" - be smart in making choices and complete tasks, rather than holding slowly onto tasks. approach differently. walk, dance, exercise, game. "Dopamine Switching" - brain, then fun, then brain then fun.
3. "Accommodate yourself" - from additive habits by using fidgets, sensory tapes, push ups, etc.
4. "Use ur environment as much as possible" (changing our state) - music dance, "change the place", showers.
5. "constraints suck butt they rock" - use timers n take breaks, finish off. else overuse of time. use productive apps.
thanks!
I started listening to audiobooks while I do my chores. Now, the chores moment is a happy moment because is fantasy fiction time.
I LOVE that! Thats exactly the kind of hacks we need!
@@AntoniasUniverse I only started taking medication for adhd 2 months ago but this hack worked even without medication. The advice came from my psychologist since I used to lose a ton of time doing my chores while binge-watching TV shows and movies (yes, cooking and cleaning while keeping my eyes on phone to watch, not a very good idea, of course); because of course every 2 minutes I forgot I was doing something and just kept staring at my phone. She suggested that I listen to audiobooks because I told her I CANT do my tasks while only listening to my thoughts. That was the BEST advice of my LIFE; it improved my concentration, housework, English, and other areas. A plus, Im am almost getting a job as a interpreter because my english skills really flourished after listening to audiobooks nonstop for almost 2 years (Im a portuguese native speaker from Brazil). Love my psychologist 💌
Omg... I decorate my desk for the seasons and holidays at work. I didn't realize that I was accommodating myself. Undiagnosed until midlife.
I've been having trouble startings ANYTHING. even if it's going to be fun like coloring! even if I WANT to do it! But I ESPECIALLY have a hard time tryinng to wash my face or cook or shower. Yesterday I wasted like 6 hours just pacing around trying to wash my face
I really feel you. I’m combined presentation but have recently had a really, really bad phase of this…when you can’t do things you need to, it’s one thing, but when you can’t do things you WANT to do? It’s torture. But I’d got to a place of not even wanting to…was so overwhelmed that I was sleeping most of the day, I’d get up, have some coffee, and just had to lie down again. It was full-on ADHD depression, and I have severe dissociative complex-PTSD which was getting worse, both compounding each other. Not going to even say how bad it got but it brought it home that the way my ADHD has been making it hard to sort out the treatment for it is no joke and I have to act while I’m more able to function (be productive? No. But…not that). My diagnosis history is absurd…the uk is waaay behind…it’s been 3 years now but…another post! I wish you so much love and it sounds like you’re not on meds either, and, well, I know they made a world of difference to me the first time, for the very v brief time I was on them. I’d only just got to the top dose of Elvanse (European Vyvanse) when the doctor sacked me. Had paid nearly £10,000. Long story! Anyway - this brain needs meds! X
Setting a fifteen minute timer helps me
People have talked about Ali for a long time but I didn’t watch any of his videos h til I’d already been diagnosed and started on medication. While I’m sure the advice is great for NT’s, I’m so glad I watched it when I already knew I had ADHD, as I’ve been able to go ‘ah… this advice is not made for my brain’, instead of ‘this advice doesn’t work for me because I’m a massive failure’ (which is what would have happened before)
I tend to start with a task I know I will succeed in. Not with the most difficult or most boring one (it might be, though..).. After that I feel good because I succeeded in that simple thing. After that my mindset is better and capable of more complex tasks. It may be as simple as getting coffee for you coworkers, reading some document, cleaning up your desk a little..
I loved the way you cut this video! It was really upbeat and dynamic, which held my attention pretty well!
Amazing feedback, I love it! Thank you so much!
Unlike every other ADHD video😅 finally one that’s exciting
ADHD is a terrible condition. Here are some hacks that work for a few days for me (from time to time):
1. POMODORO app - tick - tick - tick - tick … WHILE WORKING
2. LOUD WHITE NOISE (test lot of noises, some will work)
3. NEVER STOP: work - fun - work - fun - work - fun … ♾
4. EASY TASKS FIRST (like in a video game, level-up, not down)
5. have more workplaces and SWITCH them often
6. turn exercise into fun and have this FUN as often as possible
7. OVERDOSE WITH B3 VITAMINS (250mg 5 times / day) it may work as a placebo too
8. no processed food, no pastry, drink water only, sugar just as a WHOLE fruit
9. rebuild your second brain (notion.so) OFTEN
10. DELETE files and THROW stuff OUT
11. use incense sticks, candles, scents ... to calm your senses
12. try cold shower and only then enjoy warm shower ... as a reward for that torture (cold shower = dopamine)
13. have small note papers EVERYWHERE and write NOTES immediately when you need to store any important information
14. stick to intermitent fasting (in order to avoid frequent eating - get dopamine from exercise instead from frequent eating!)
15. the only real TIME is NOW (forget “past” and forget “future” - these are just an artificial constructs)
I don't think you should be taking that much vitamin B3...
@@ZNIR777 You are probably right. That advice with B vitamin overdose was by @Drberg as he suggested this as an ultimate solution to ADHD.
We pee it out tho so it’s more damaging to the wallet than anything else 😜
Rebuilding your second brain really tidies up your first brain.
@@cassielee1114What is a 1st and 2nd brain
Finally something that helps, I am currently watching my online class running a timer in the background to see how long it takes to do things and when I write my questions I play videos on youtube or watch anime and I pause it while solving it. It gets my things done. A lot of people on the internet just say that don't multitask, but if I stopped doing it this way it ultimately leads to my complete shutdown and so I stopped listening to them. This is actually seems like a good advice to me. Resistance leads to disappointment.
I could get bored of a game in like a day. I delete them as fast as I install them unless they have an engaging story and on that case I'd finish it the same day or the next. I'd never understand people who play candy crush more than a month, the most I'd last is 5 days.
Its probably because we trick our brain into thinking the reward for this boring action is equal to this fun activity, but in reality they are not equal. Multitasking problem isn't that simple.
After you did this though, can you get back to doing boring activity ONLY, without associating with other fun activity? Because if you can't it might lead to the problem of spiral up higher engagement reward, from multitasking 1 activity, now 2 activity, then 3 activity (doing fun activity repetively make us crave more because it take more for us to be satisfied, why gaming is associated with addictive tendencies ADHD) and its obviously making you spending more energy than before.
Here is another situation you have to consider, what happen when you cant have access to fun activity? Its like you are an online game and need constant connection to internet. Interview, doing chores, countryside, disaster happen and no connection, school exam... these are places or situations you encounters in your everyday, with no access to fun activity at all. You have to do more or do something if not you will die, but your brain isn't stimulate enough to even drink water BECAUSE THE ACTION OF DRINKING WATER IS NOT FUN?
I'm not telling your method is wrong completely, but a balanced approach is the key.
@@Dragor33-rg7xj Yeah I totally get you. And thank you for pointing that out. Totally switching from one habit to another is very difficult for me. The problem is I fall asleep while writing my notes so I keep any anime playing in the background especially in dubs so I get my work done without being bothered by other thoughts or being pumped by the voice of the character or music so I don't fall asleep. And when I am having a problem solving case I stop whatever music or anime I have in my background and read the question trying to find a solution and play it back on while solving. It helps me from overthinking and getting distracted. I have no problem with brushing my teeth without any media(a certain math or physics problem is enough to keep me occupied) because my biggest motivation is not having to do a root canal again. Like I used to carry my mobile to the bathroom but I don't do that anymore. I try to build it into my system. I kind of can do that work without the fun activity but it's hard and I am slowly building a habit of it being ok.
Another success I had recently is building a habit of exercising I don't know how long I can maintain it. But the key is finding something new to keep me motivated.
I used to need the aid of constant media to get any work done but after having some time with my dog or cat my mind calms down a bit or has a lot of stimuli. I want to move out of my home next year for college I am very concerned about how I will manage there. I stopped playing games sticking to one source of entertainment which includes longer anime(s) is good even TH-cam is too much stimulating for me.
LOVED this one - thanks Antonia!!! The more I read and hear about normal people talking about ADHD, the less lonely I feel :D Thank you!
Who has advice for inattentive ADHD I'm not hyper I'm vacant
Your cat is so cute! ❤️ Great tips! I intuitively use a lot of these hacks, but sometimes I forget. Thanks for the inspiration. The spinner rings are really neat.
Great video! I'll definitely use these tips. So far I've been using music as a dopamine boost to motivate myself
Very helpful video. The emphasis on making it fun, rewarding and relevant (now) makes a lot of sense to my brain. Thank you for sharing!
Is the video overloading and a bit confusing? Yes! What did hold my attention while distracting it? Your beautiful fun HOUSE!
omg i loveeeee the dopamine switching! my brain is so happy thank you 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
antonia im telling you. ive just been so sad and frustrated at work becaue im doing some boring and complicated stuff right now, i wrote down my schedule for the day according to dopamine -- and i truly feel so much lighter and writing the list itself i felt gave me a dopamine boost. thank you!
Hi 😊,thank you so much for this video. It's really helpfull. ❤
Things that stood out: 1. Dopamine crisis, this is something solid that you can tell doubters to explain. I like that phrase. 2. Gamify is a great tip, I tend to do this anyway and even the act of coming up with a game can be exciting. 3. I like that you give permission to make things fun, it’s hard not to feel guilty. This made me realize how boring my house is… it needs some attention!
I started playing minesweeper at work when I have to make phone calls. While it's reading, I play. When someone answers or I have to leave a voicemail, I pause. Now I almost look forward to making calls. Almost.
When I was young I remember my mom telling me, "Life is not just about having fun?". Well, my ADHD brain says otherwise.
Meh. What time is the next commitment? Adding the time it takes for each requirement, multiply the sum by a random delay factor to be there, sutract that time from the obligatory time. That technique tells you when to begin the day and boom you're there. Until then ADHD allows us to contemplate what lies beyond the maw at the beginning of the end of one's life.
Timers and preset alarms do help.
Hey your amazing thankyou so much for helping me through this
Lol I'm feeling very attached to you ❤️ your so silly an kind I love it
One of the most useful video I have ever seen. Not kidding. recently I discover that I'm sick, we all are
My ADHD suddenly stopped when I thought you were going to demonstrate how getting into the shower while watching a video helps with ADHD. Sorry, but you are beautiful and have an amazing accent
This is such a practical, no BS tips that actually work. Thanks for sharing. Whatever gets our lazy brain moving is worth it!
"I don't do my morning routine bc it is a pillar of my day"
Ha same
"I do it to keep up my streak"
Oh😢
ali abdaal sucks i like how you called him out haha i watched him for YEARS to no avail. - thank you queen
I love your ADHD hacks, now I'll just have to give them a go and see what sticks (I just hope I won't forget them all immediately xD) I also love your house / flat! looks like a really amazing space with all the wooden beams :)
I can't even do things i enjoy anymore. I'm just stuck spinning my wheels.
Thanks! You are the best :)
Im watching this instead of doing my homework
I resonate with gamify...😃
2:18 There's something mildly chilling about crossing off "exist" from a to-do list.
😂
Ticking it is a little less chilling than crossing it off, hehe. That one made me do a double-take too!
found you today, watched 3 videos, I'm already addicted to your videos. THANK YOU!
I think I drifted somewhere around the 3 min mark.
I love how raw the truth is. Highly relatable!
Hmm😒my fucking brain im really sick of it
I feel seen! Thank you!
I take my phone to the shower.... it really works😅
I've been using a shower speaker for years after trying the phone in the shower in a plastic ziploc bag (double bagged) a few times but even with the phone inside it wasn't loud enough for what I was trying to listen to in the shower.
Are there toxic adhd hacks out there?
6:42 I can’t tell if these are ads or she’s just out of her mind
Lol 😅 only the ring is an ad, but I genuinely love the idea of the ring.
I have tons of fidget stuff but I can’t dig it out fast enough in the heat of the moment. When something makes me anxious and stressed on the spot, I either scratch my phone (it has a scratchy sticker) or use my fidget jewellery 😁
I apologize for being mean to you on your latest video. I can see that you've put a lot of effort yourself into this channel and into giving both sound and friendly advice about ADHD. Thankyou for your service.
I hate to say it but as helpful as this video is meant to be and should be for me unfortunately it just overwhelmed me and was a bit t oo much overload. It did more to confuse and overwhelm me more than anything. Interesting concepts though... 🤔
Maybe could break it down a bit more and make it a little less abstract and easier to decipher for the dum dums in the audience perhaps 🤣
Aww, thank you! That's really really helpful! I do tend to overcomplicate things :(
@@AntoniasUniverse aren't we all? 😆❤
@@AntoniasUniverse don’t we all
@@AntoniasUniverse it’s about scaffolding and pedagogy
I watch TH-cam while I do paperwork at work, and it helps...usually.
Some good ones.
And an insight: Following the stream (3:03) seems really, really boring; turning around can be a (rather problematic) source of both excitement and exhaustion.
Most of the time, however, it feels like swimming in an ocean, drifting between countless islands, constantly re-drawing the map.
Constraints which I hate but can also alternatively make me feel safe . Weird.
I’ve been watching videos for weeks and weeks and finally this one video was so perfect. Feeling so seen and encouraged. Thank you!
Thank you very much for this amazing video and all the tipps. They are a big help. I feel like learning more from you in 10 Minutes, than in Years of therapy.
you are great! love this vid! thank you!
This is so helpful. THanks.
Great stuff, thanks!
You are the best, thank you so much ❤😊
It was Soo helpful
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Thank you for all of this!!!