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Cake day: July 16th, 2023

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  • Making something so routine that you don’t think about it. Like getting ready for work. Build it into your life. Make it a distraction. Get rid of start up barriers that make it difficult to get started. Make it to where you don’t expect to reach the goal. Put all the distractions together so you can switch between them seamlessly. Lean in to the ADHD. Make it so that once you reach your goal your not only surprised but also kinda sad it’s over.



  • Also your partner maybe experiencing some undiagnosed ADHD symptoms themselves. Where by they become more sensitive to ADHD behaviors that they themselves combat with a toxic inner voice. ADHD can be expressed in many ways and not always the cosmonaut - spacey variety. For instance having a very rigid routine in high stimulus activities like shopping where you’re focus is being exploited by advertising and marketing.



  • It sounds like your partner maybe suffering from anxiety issues. As a adhd’r myself I have to constantly defend my need to just let me do things the way I want. Like give me a goal and let me mess up a bit. Just need the space and time to figure out how I am going to do something my own way cause my experience isn’t typical and it becomes unintuitive for passerby who are trying to facilitate my progress. As a musician I also have become acutely sensitive to how long it takes me to learn an pickup new skills and how my alternative methods often allow me to flourish while traditional methods often hinder me.


  • Just repeatedly saying “relax” and/or “It’s okay”. As a big clumsy guy I have so much anxiety about getting carried away and hurting someone or making them uncomfortable. I like when she is the instigator. Also when she starts bargaining for sexual gain. I don’t like it when porn narratives have a quid pro quo where the girl has to give up sex in order to get some help or whatever that shouldn’t require a sexual barrier. But I do like it when that gender dynamic is reversed and she sexually motivated for her own gratification.