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Tag Archives: overwhelmed
An Important ADHD Strategy — ADHD Tip O the Day 992
Small steps explained ( I don’t think the recent review was adequate) We have A Project to do. We feel overwhelmed, not up to it, defeated before we start, and we procrastinate. The strategy is Small Steps. Break the … Continue reading
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Frustrated and Overwhelmed — ADHD Tip O the Day 974
A couple of weeks ago, I just gave up, just for the week. I didn’t post, and lots of other things I let go. Some weeks are like that with ADHD, although fortunately, it’s usually just a day, not a … Continue reading
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Procrastinating or Pushing Ahead? — ADHD Tip O the Day 971
Overwhelmed is common with ADHD but strategies can help. The same is true for procrastination. I took on the task of clearing the trash in our stretch of the Santa Fe “river“ (even calling it a creek is an exaggeration … Continue reading
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Frazzled and My ADHD — ADD Tip O the Day 701
Frazzled Homey just wrote about overwhelmed, but yesterday, I was frazzled. It’s not the same. My appointment was canceled and rescheduled, I was behind on my blog posts and everything else, Marge broke her arm and I needed to walk … Continue reading
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Homey’s Back! – Strategy for Overwhelmed — ADD Tip O the Day 700
Affirmations I love it when someone comes up with strategies that match mine. Looks like I might be on the right track. For Overwhelmed Homey has good tips for when she’s overwhelmed. They match some of my general strategies – … Continue reading
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Priorities and ADD ADHD: Incompatible? – – – ADD Tip O the Day 583
Dysprioritiologica? Setting priorities is an executive function and with ADD ADHD we tend to not be very good at it. I sit here looking at a long to do list. Where do I start? Do you see how this can … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADD ADHD a gift, ADHD, adult add, adult adhd, attention deficit, benefit, benefits, gift, gifts, overload, overloaded, overwhelmed, priorities, strategies, time, to do
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An Excess of Blessings From ADD ADHD – – – ADD Tip O the Day 582
Gifts, Benefits, and Blessings of ADD ADHD Have exhausted this topic for a moment. Got lots of good comments on both sides of the question. Thank you. But – I am overly blessed with the gifts of creativity and wide … Continue reading
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Overwhelmed!! Living with ADD or ADHD – ADD Tip o the Day 477
I’m pretty good at seeing other people’s ADD ADHD problems and offering good advice; it’s very hard for us to see ourselves. Finally got the message I finally read the signals: 1. Rerun of old dream about college – haven’t … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult add, adult adhd, attention, deficit, overloaded, overwhelmed, too much
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Expectations — Add Tip o the Day 282
We with ADD or ADHD tend to overexpect, of ourselves. We underestimate how long something will take to do and overestimate how much we can get done in a day. Then we get disappointed with ourself and tend to feel … Continue reading
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Good stuff — ADD Tip o the day 197
There is good free stuff on Pete Quily’s site. He is an ADD coach in Canada who helped me with the book. He offers a free coaching session and an e magazine. check it out. http://www.addcoach4u.com/whoispetequily.html I haven’t used my free … Continue reading
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Overwhelmed again, part 3 —ADD tip o the day 193
I just realized (pretty late in the game, huh?), that there is more than one form of overwhelmed. 1. the typical, “Oh my gosh, I have so much to do and I can’t even decide where to start and this … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult, attention, attention deficit, demoralized with ADD, disorganized, overwhelmed, self help for ADD
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Overwhelmed – again —- ADD Tip o the day 154
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult, attention, functioning with ADD, get back on track, overwhelmed, states of mind
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Overloaded —— ADD Tip o the day 58
Yesterday I was feeling overloaded. that is a unpleasant feeling and, the feeling makes it harder to get things done, so then I feel more overloaded. But that’s exactly what it is, a feeling, a state of mind, a perception, not a … Continue reading
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