I'll be honest, sometimes I struggle to understand it too.

I desperately want to change too, but it feels like I'm fighting my invisible forces.

But it makes perfect sense if you know how the ADHD brain is wired.

That 'one thing' is my difficulty in prioritising what needs to be done.

It's like my brain is blunted by the severity of situations.

Despite pouring our combined life savings into a whole-scale renovation, here I am writing an article for pennies; hunting for my next dopamine kick like the world's most hooked drug addict.

Pursuing pennies … when my wife and I are sat with a list of life shaping decisions laid out in front of us.

Decisions which will impact how we live in our forever home…yet my dopamine deprived brain cannot force itself to entertain what feels like an infinite number of decisions.

If I get to the end of day having not got my fix my wife will see me drop into what we have collectively termed, an ADHD funk.

Neurotypicals like my wife would say 'get what needs to be done done, then enjoy what's left of the day.'

My dopamine-deprived brain defends itself with …if I dropped dead tomorrow, would I have enjoyed what happened today?

Whilst the time for these can (sometimes) be easily incorporated into a morning routine, like my medium writing for example, there's a bigger problem with this…a problem I'll address in a future article.

Picking apart this 'problem' (or more specifically, this misconception) will help everyone from those romantically coupled up with ADHD to those who work with ADHDers.

By understanding the dopamine-driven actions of ADHD, you can help rewire your brain into making rank tasks rewarding again.

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This article was published on July 9th, 2024 in Short. Sweet. Valuable. publication.