Hi I'm waiting to be diagnosed but would like to know why my motivation is so crap. Unless I want to do something. I really need to just do things like housework, paperwork but I just can't. Even when it's important PIP reviews or similar
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I think a lot of us recognise that feeling, I say that as someone who is currently avoiding marking a bunch of scripts by either finding other things I ‘need’ to do (which I ldo not need to do) or I say “when it’s this time I will do it” then that moment passes by a min and now I have to reset the clock and I already have naff concept of time 🙈 I find I have to do something the moment t I get it or think of it because if I have time to do it later then it’s not getting done because my brain doesn’t register it as important.
It’s frustrating because logically I know what has to be done, is not that big of a deal, won’t take long, is getting more urgent plus when I get it done I will be buzzing at my accomplishment and relieved by the removal of pressure and stress. I do find breaking things down into smaller tasks works for me, it feeds my love/need to make a plan and list of lists but it also removes the daunting aspect which I discovered is one of my procrastination triggers, things seem to daunting or big to complete in one sitting which is what my brain likes.
I think it’s part of ADHD, when I take the meds the productivity I have is amazing, SO much gets done mainly because I don’t procrastinate, and I am supper organised and queen of planning. if I had these in my 20’s I would have been quite the force to be reconned with lol
Don’t forget that also motivation is quite complex, so many factors conscious and subconscious feed into why we are motivated on some elements and not the others.