This podcast is so relatable. I remember steeling sweets even though I had the money to pay for it. I had major separation anxiety from my siblings who were older than me. I also impulsively bought a puppy, just went to check the pups out and came home with her and didn’t consult with anyone! So relatable. I sabotage relationships and I know it’s not me me who’s doing it it’s the ADHD and have to bring myself home with constant reminders. I am an Indian with possible ADHD and there is such a massive stigma in my community. My family think nothings wrong with me and it’s just mental health!
Keep shopping bags in your car! Multiple of them. Whenever I use a shopping bag and bring it home, I put it next to my backpack so I can remember to take it with me... Even that I sometimes forget, so I have spares in my car. Usually I remember that I forgot the bag once I'm at the store, so I'll just take another one. Lately, I tend to put the bag in my backpack when I unpacked everything, and I keep the backpack open so I don't forget to take the bag out (I pass by my backpack several times a day, so I'll remember eventually). Seems to work and the bag lives on the passenger's seat, so I remember to take it to the store. Also, having a routine really helps! I pretty much only go for one big haul a week and that's a complete routine that day, with every step thought out - I don't think I've ever forgotten the shopping bag since I started! That's quite a lot of thoughts just for a shopping bag, isn't it 😵💫 But I barely think about it these days haha
Good ideas that help spend less with less frequent visits & potential impulse buys, give more time and help the environment. That's a lot for remembering shopping bags. Thank you.
Gluten gave me brain fog too. I didn’t figure out that I needed to take it out of my diet until I was in college. I had a really hard time managing candida overgrowth in my gut after years of digestive issues eating gluten and dairy. I figured out dairy was making me really sick earlier. Now I know about the connection with neurodivergence and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome causing this. I worked so hard at fixing how I eat and feel thinking I was doing something wrong, that it was all my fault for so many years. I feel much better realizing it’s genetic.
I can relate to all of this. It makes sense of all the daily stuff I go with each day. Just being able to listen to someone who I can relate to is so good. Thank you Alex
Alex, fold up a soft fabric tote bag and keep it in your pocket! I try to made sure I have one in my handbag at all times, of course it only really happens sometimes.
Listening to this (and having only just got some confirmation that I have ADHD) I can now see how many great habits I managed to put in place to help myself. Most recently, I started parking my car in the driveway instead of in front of my house. I realises I was doing it because I wanted to save time. I was exploring my relationship with time as I'm a health coach. I set myself an affirmation that I am the type of person who plans ahead. I started to visualise all the things I would do differently and then just did them. Big dopamine boost each time!
😅As im listening to this, I’m working at 7 in the evening, again😅 I wake up and start working and don’t stop until it’s time to sleep. However, it always seems like I barely get anything done. And then my family says I’m lazy, need to try harder, and “snap out” of my depression. They don’t care that I have adhd. It’s just something I’m supposed to deal with myself and bravely overcome 😢wtf?!
Most Normals don't really understand what ADHD is or does. They need to be educated. I find that if I start by sending links to some FUNNY things about ADHD makes them more receptive to more useful information I send later.
Great podcast, fantastic guest. Cried at the validation and blessed for the inspiration. RSD is the last challenge and I am building those skills now. My new mantra will be I'm perfectly imperfect and that is more than enough for me :) perfection isn't a goal, it's a limitation since there is no more learning to be done. If my brain can see something til perfection, my motivation for it dies; but if my brain cannot it goes into overdrive. I think neurotypicals as you suggest should go with their creative impulsivity since their brain is seeing a new way of connecting that hasn't been expressed yet and because of the constant challenges our brains remain focused on that project. It must be something we ultimately care about else we could lose interest altogether. Choose your Rocks and the pebbles fall into place. Self Care, boundaries and being your authentic self is the work I feel needs completing before you start a business - at least that is how it is for me...again, not needing perfection! but going into business with all the right tools. Thanks to all the ADHD content creators out there right now for bringing us together to support, encourage and grow these crazy beautiful hearts and minds. All the very best to you all xx (lol)
Maybe not my most impulsive moment but a funny impulsive story nonetheless: When I was about sixteen, I was standing in a Borders bookstore spacing out, as we often do, when all of a sudden the Borders phone rings and without skipping a beat, I pick it up. 😂 Hello? .... is this Borders? Uhh (i notice that I messed up) yes? Do you have (some book name) by (some author)? Ummm.. (I makes eye contact with a shocked and pissed off employee) I hang up. And after some questioning, they didnt believe it was an honest mistake so I got banned haha
Thank you for another great podcast. Can you please type the supplement that Aimie mentioned ‘trooper neurotrophic something …I didn’t understand what she said.
I drove over 200 miles to buy a cichlid fish 🤯 in an impulsive hyper fix. I swapped a stack system for a plastic hifi.. ended up in different countries and the list go's on. I'm so glad to know I'm not alone here 🤗
My goal has never been taking time off but taking all the time of my life off due to my internet/gaming addiction. Internet/gaming addiction is way worse than people think, it's the greatest impediment to productivity and productivity is all society care so you become nothing
Meds is the key. We are addicted because of the neuro chemical is atypical. Get the right meds to regulate the neuro chemical is the base of controlling that addiction.
@@jinger_m Indeed I'm waiting the official government test diagnosis to get access to medications. And yea my comment describes the curse of late diagnosed people, it can be a very very difficult life
Love languages might actually be the most unintentionally harmful idea to hit relationships in the west. There doesn't seem to be good evidence for it, and the logic behind it doesn't seem sound to me. And yet we use it as a guide for the most important things in our lives
There is no evidence for it. It was just a concept that is being overused today due to its simplicity in talking about the various ways humans show Love...no scientific basis whatsoever.
it's harmful if it becomes an excuse to treat a partner poorly... instead of working on it. i.e. 'I won't touch you because that's not my love language ' ⚰️
The grocery bags? If you drive put them back into the boot of the car as soon as you unpack your groceries. At least you can just walk back to the car when the penny drops on the next grocery trip. Works for me anyway.
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This podcast is so relatable. I remember steeling sweets even though I had the money to pay for it. I had major separation anxiety from my siblings who were older than me. I also impulsively bought a puppy, just went to check the pups out and came home with her and didn’t consult with anyone! So relatable. I sabotage relationships and I know it’s not me me who’s doing it it’s the ADHD and have to bring myself home with constant reminders. I am an Indian with possible ADHD and there is such a massive stigma in my community. My family think nothings wrong with me and it’s just mental health!
Thank you for being here and thank you for sharing. We sound very similar!
Keep shopping bags in your car! Multiple of them. Whenever I use a shopping bag and bring it home, I put it next to my backpack so I can remember to take it with me... Even that I sometimes forget, so I have spares in my car. Usually I remember that I forgot the bag once I'm at the store, so I'll just take another one. Lately, I tend to put the bag in my backpack when I unpacked everything, and I keep the backpack open so I don't forget to take the bag out (I pass by my backpack several times a day, so I'll remember eventually). Seems to work and the bag lives on the passenger's seat, so I remember to take it to the store. Also, having a routine really helps! I pretty much only go for one big haul a week and that's a complete routine that day, with every step thought out - I don't think I've ever forgotten the shopping bag since I started!
That's quite a lot of thoughts just for a shopping bag, isn't it 😵💫 But I barely think about it these days haha
Good ideas that help spend less with less frequent visits & potential impulse buys, give more time and help the environment.
That's a lot for remembering shopping bags. Thank you.
Gluten gave me brain fog too. I didn’t figure out that I needed to take it out of my diet until I was in college. I had a really hard time managing candida overgrowth in my gut after years of digestive issues eating gluten and dairy. I figured out dairy was making me really sick earlier. Now I know about the connection with neurodivergence and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome causing this. I worked so hard at fixing how I eat and feel thinking I was doing something wrong, that it was all my fault for so many years. I feel much better realizing it’s genetic.
I can relate to all of this. It makes sense of all the daily stuff I go with each day. Just being able to listen to someone who I can relate to is so good. Thank you Alex
Alex, fold up a soft fabric tote bag and keep it in your pocket! I try to made sure I have one in my handbag at all times, of course it only really happens sometimes.
Great tip, thank you!
Listening to this (and having only just got some confirmation that I have ADHD) I can now see how many great habits I managed to put in place to help myself. Most recently, I started parking my car in the driveway instead of in front of my house. I realises I was doing it because I wanted to save time. I was exploring my relationship with time as I'm a health coach. I set myself an affirmation that I am the type of person who plans ahead. I started to visualise all the things I would do differently and then just did them. Big dopamine boost each time!
😅As im listening to this, I’m working at 7 in the evening, again😅 I wake up and start working and don’t stop until it’s time to sleep. However, it always seems like I barely get anything done. And then my family says I’m lazy, need to try harder, and “snap out” of my depression. They don’t care that I have adhd. It’s just something I’m supposed to deal with myself and bravely overcome 😢wtf?!
Most Normals don't really understand what ADHD is or does. They need to be educated. I find that if I start by sending links to some FUNNY things about ADHD makes them more receptive to more useful information I send later.
Great podcast, fantastic guest. Cried at the validation and blessed for the inspiration. RSD is the last challenge and I am building those skills now. My new mantra will be I'm perfectly imperfect and that is more than enough for me :) perfection isn't a goal, it's a limitation since there is no more learning to be done. If my brain can see something til perfection, my motivation for it dies; but if my brain cannot it goes into overdrive. I think neurotypicals as you suggest should go with their creative impulsivity since their brain is seeing a new way of connecting that hasn't been expressed yet and because of the constant challenges our brains remain focused on that project. It must be something we ultimately care about else we could lose interest altogether. Choose your Rocks and the pebbles fall into place. Self Care, boundaries and being your authentic self is the work I feel needs completing before you start a business - at least that is how it is for me...again, not needing perfection! but going into business with all the right tools. Thanks to all the ADHD content creators out there right now for bringing us together to support, encourage and grow these crazy beautiful hearts and minds. All the very best to you all xx (lol)
Thank you for the mantra. It really moved me
I love nootropics! I never heard of get dopa before, so ty bc i will absolutely be trying this one!
Maybe not my most impulsive moment but a funny impulsive story nonetheless:
When I was about sixteen, I was standing in a Borders bookstore spacing out, as we often do, when all of a sudden the Borders phone rings and without skipping a beat, I pick it up. 😂
Hello?
.... is this Borders?
Uhh (i notice that I messed up) yes?
Do you have (some book name) by (some author)?
Ummm.. (I makes eye contact with a shocked and pissed off employee)
I hang up.
And after some questioning, they didnt believe it was an honest mistake so I got banned haha
This one is hilarious. 😂
adverse childhood experiences, c-ptsd & Adhd seem to often coexist.
I used to shop lift when I had PMT for many years
Thank you for another great podcast. Can you please type the supplement that Aimie mentioned ‘trooper neurotrophic something …I didn’t understand what she said.
I drove over 200 miles to buy a cichlid fish 🤯 in an impulsive hyper fix. I swapped a stack system for a plastic hifi.. ended up in different countries and the list go's on.
I'm so glad to know I'm not alone here 🤗
Yes dam this got me emotional 😭
My goal has never been taking time off but taking all the time of my life off due to my internet/gaming addiction.
Internet/gaming addiction is way worse than people think, it's the greatest impediment to productivity and productivity is all society care so you become nothing
That's Very interesting, I've been thinking about that too.
A person's mind is the greatest impediment to productivity
@@olderuglierandwiser Alright guru, I've seen enough of your kind
Meds is the key. We are addicted because of the neuro chemical is atypical. Get the right meds to regulate the neuro chemical is the base of controlling that addiction.
@@jinger_m Indeed I'm waiting the official government test diagnosis to get access to medications. And yea my comment describes the curse of late diagnosed people, it can be a very very difficult life
Thank you for this video. She's great and could be even better if she spoke a little bit slower. I had to watch it in speed 0.75 to follow
I bought a puppy too 😂😂😂Daughter show me a picture in the morning he was in my home that evening! Raising him nearly killed me😬He is nearly 5 now ❤
Love languages might actually be the most unintentionally harmful idea to hit relationships in the west.
There doesn't seem to be good evidence for it, and the logic behind it doesn't seem sound to me. And yet we use it as a guide for the most important things in our lives
There is no evidence for it. It was just a concept that is being overused today due to its simplicity in talking about the various ways humans show Love...no scientific basis whatsoever.
it's harmful if it becomes an excuse to treat a partner poorly... instead of working on it.
i.e. 'I won't touch you because that's not my love language ' ⚰️
I wish there was dating sites of adhd. I fine people don't understand me
had that idea a couple weeks ago, maybe you should start a dating site app?!
For the bags, schedule the day you are going to the grocery store and set a notification in the morning
I keep a container full of reusable bags in between the front seats of the car.
The grocery bags? If you drive put them back into the boot of the car as soon as you unpack your groceries. At least you can just walk back to the car when the penny drops on the next grocery trip. Works for me anyway.