Hello, darlings. I am new to this site…

Hello, darlings. I am new to this site and look forward to getting new ideas from you to get along better in certain situations or with certain things. Then I come straight to the first question. Does anyone have similar experience of having to clean the house from top to bottom even though it is clean and not being able to sit down until it is finished? Do you have any ideas to break out of this cycle and take the time to do nothing? Speaking of which, how do you make time for yourselves? Can you sit down and do nothing or do you feel completely out of place? Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

tadja

5mo

I hyper focus on tasks when I’m feeling under/overstimulated. Sometimes I catch myself and I try to redirect my energy by doing something that snaps me out of it like taking a shower or standing in the sunshine. Sometimes it just feels good to let myself hyper focus on a task though and I just give it to myself. If it’s not harming me, then I just let myself clean the whole house. If it does feel harmful or like your stuck, doing something physical like shaking or jumping around for a moment might break you out of it. I feel you in the “doing nothing” piece, it’s very hard. I find that doing something with my hands helps me to sit and rest, so I learned to crochet. But it’s definitely still a challenge for me.

Sqirr3lBr@in

5mo

Honestly, since marrying and having children, I can only do that in rage cleaning mode. We’re all four of us ADHD, and I am the doer and manager of all the things even though I have my own issues with executive function, motivation and procrastination. Maybe add learning to be present and relax as your main goal to work on.

noahdreas

5mo

Welcome! Yeah ive just cleaned the whole house wirhout any reason rn. Now im done and reward myself with a break. Doing nothing is almost impossible for me. I can meditate for max 15 min but nothing else otherwise when im not doing anything im going crazy🙃 Greetings from switzerland 🇨🇭

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