A young man called for help today, he was “overwhelmed”. He had so many things he needed to do and he just couldn’t get started. He was paralyzed.
I didn’t point out to him that “overwhelmed” is simply a state of mind, not a reality. He wasn’t ready to hear that. What he needed was the solution.
The key is to shift from thinking about “all those things I have to do” over to a focus on the one small thing I need to do right now.
I’ll repeat the strategy for that next time. Like a lot of the ways of coping with ADD or ADHD-guess what?! – it involves lists.
doug 
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About doug with ADHD
I am a psychiatric physician.
I learned I have ADHD at age 64, and then wrote two ADHD books for adults, focusing on strategies for making your life better. I just published my first novel, Alma Means Soul.
Your Life Can Be Better; strategies for adults with ADD/ADHD
available at amazon.com, or smashwords.com (for e books)
Living Daily With Adult ADD or ADHD: 365 Tips O the Day ( e-book).
This is one tip at a time, one page at a time, at your own pace. It's meant to last a year.
As a child, I was a bully. Then there was a transformation.
Now I am committed to helping people instead abusing them.
The Bully was published in January, 2016.
It's in print or e book, on Amazon.
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