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So... what exactly are executive functioning supports...?
Planners, checklists, and reminders are definitely executive function supports, but they aren't the only things that are available. ...so, I've made a list of some examples. A thread (🧵)
Executive functioning includes so much, so executive function supports can be SO MANY things. Executive functions include decision making, working memory, task initiation, planning, prioritizing, many forms of self-regulation, and more.
So let's talk in broad categories
Category 1: Decisionmaking
Avoiding a decision altogether,
Choosing randomly,
Reducing the number of options to decide between,
Always doing the same decision (such as having a uniform for yourself),
Outsourcing decisions,
Having outside structure/expectations
Category 2: Working memory
Keeping things visible,
Reminders,
Collaborators who gently remind you of things,
Writing it down (i.e., notebooks, post-its, to-do lists, etc.),
External structure such as lunch hours,
Understanding why and how working memory fails
Category 3: Information processing
Avoiding weak processing areas (eg. reading for dyslexics like me)
Have information in multiple forms,
Make information processing context relevant,
Reduce incoming information or competing demands
Category 4: Task Management
Body doubling,
Transition time,
To-do lists,
Breaking tasks down (including people to help with that),
External structure for identify the next step,
clear, explicit instructions,
Schedules, planners, itineraries.
Category 5: Organization
Mind maps,
Labels,
Notetaking templates,
Physical organizers,
Organizing methods (Kondo, Only 4 Things, etc.),
House cleaners, professional organizer, etc.
Clear bins,
An ability to toggle visibility
Category 6: Cognitive Flexibility
Transition time,
Pre-change warnings,
External support for identifying and reminding the new direction,
Context-based exemplars of similar change,
Visual schedules,
Reminders of when structure will start again
I've listed a lot of things here, but there are just so, so, so many more options.
Executive function supports can be ways that we think or approach situations (internal) or structures imposed on us by others (external). They can be physical tools that we can touch and interact with (tangible) or completely abstract ideas or approaches (intangible)
The big takeaways are that executive function supports can be any tool, structure, or communication that supports any of our executive functions.
Executive functioning struggles are core to the ADHD and autistic experiences (and secondary to other ND conditions). This means executive functioning takes a lot of energy for ADHD and/or autistic people, and the more support we have the more energy we can use for other things
So, yeah, planners, checklists, and reminders are definitely executive function supports, but so is a highschool bell schedule, hobby-related groups, professional services, and colleagues (consensually) harassing you to remember to send that email.
There are a lot of options!
#adhd#executive function#executive functioning#coping#coping strategies#autism#task initiation#decision paralysis#actually autistic#neurodivergent#mental health#executive dysfunction
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I'm dying over here FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKK
#art memes#writing memes#girls when meme#decision paralysis#im just so fucjing done i JUST WANNA WORK ON THEM PKEASE LET ME WORK ON THEM#i have so many projects on the go and im so excited about them but its like fucking PULLING TEETH to find the time#wip meme
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caught in decision paralysis between rereading riordanverse books and rewatching the first two episodes of pjo show so instead I will do neither and aimlessly scroll tumblr
#I want to read the lost hero#but I also want to watch the new episodes 1000 times over#life is hard#percy jackson#pjo#heroes of olympus#rick riordan#percy jackson show#pjo tv#riordanverse#pjo tv show#the lost hero#pjo tv series#hoo#percy jackson and the olympians#adhd#decision paralysis
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"I can't stop playing video games I'm so paralyzed" vs my mouth and face are slowly paralyzing themselves because my immune system won't stop attacking my cranial nerves. I gag and choke on everything I swallow including my own saliva- this is dangerous. I drool, both in my sleep and when I'm awake. I slur my speech which makes people think I am drunk. I have strabismus.
#cranial nerve palsy#<- what my neurologist suspects I have I'm still in the DX process#systemic lupus erythematosus#<- what caused the cranial nerve palsy#adhd paralysis#decision paralysis#<- not things I'm tagging this so people using these terms fucking see the reality of paralysis#dysphagia#sialorrhea#strabismus#dysarthria#physically disabled#physical disability#cripplepunk#cripple punk
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So terrified of change, she hesitates to start her life
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Decision Paralysis
"Eyes see only what is possible. A trained mind can explore the impossible." —Kefnet, god of knowledge
Artist: Vincent Proce
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Dogstomp #2755 - July 22nd
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so I watched Clyde Langer eat his toast while leaving Bannermen road and now whenever I need to have breakfast and beat the decision paralysis I say to myself
"time to Clyde Langer the hell outta some toast"
and Ill be damned if it hasn't helped me get back on regular breakfasts
#sarah jane adventures#sja#doctor who#decision paralysis#chores#food is a chore#i hate eating#disordered eating thoughts
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you better stop googling the consequences of your decisions in bg3 and actually stick by the decision you resonate with the most. tailor your experience to your tastes (or your tav’s), not others. there will be other playthroughs to explore the options. just pick a damn choice and follow it through.
#this is aimed at myself btw#i get scared because what if i fucked myself over#decision paralysis#bg3#baldur's gate 3#txt
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I've been waiting for the update all day and I finally looked again at 12am-ish and WOO! There it is! 4 and a half hours later I have consumed all of it! I probably overlooked some things, but that's what revisiting is for! I even got all the pieces for the super secret final puzzle, which my pea (👀) brain Could not put together, and went to the super secret place!
THIS UPDATE WAS SO COOL AND LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I can't Wait to see more people dig in and dissect it! But also I can because brains need sleep, christ my eye is starting to hurt.
I need to go hug my Wally plush now, shit has Really gone down this time. I ALSO NEED AN EDDIE PLUSH SO I CAN HUG HIM TOO!!!
Also also, that last little part of you know what with Frank and Eddie!?!! My heart shattered and melted at the same exact time! Frank went Completely soft and "Eddie?" GAH-destroyed me! Also, was that fucking fire-
#welcome home update#i Need to lay down. I have to get a specific dog to a grooming apt tomorrow. as in monday and my sleeping schedule does Not reflect that -n#wally darling#eddie dear#frank frankly#I knew there was a reason I Instantly gravitated towards you mailman. neither of us can have free time because then The Voices!!#yeah. *shakes head* seeing eddie being all 'no one has asked anything from my today. did I miss something? should i double check? the momen#I leave this building someone's gonna come looking for me. wtf am I supposed to do with my thoughts? I hate them. and they hate me.'#decision paralysis#I know her well. I know her well too edds.
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Something that’s helping me that may help you, too
(google document link and the three images share the same information)
Merlin and Arthur are special interest related characters from a time where certain modern foods would be wild so I begin to focus on sharing my thoughts about them and their time which distracts me from my anxiety about choosing food and potentially leads me into figuring out what food I would like
#autism#adhd#anxiety#ptsd#food insecurity#food anxiety#food#decision paralysis#executive dysfunction#google docs#images#merlin#arthur pendragon
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How do you digital paint. What are layers. Am I supposed to shade each base color layer individually or the whole character together? Am I supposed to use blending modes or pick my own colors? What brushes do I use?
I keep overthinking everything. Being a perfectionist is so hard.
#perfectionism#overthinking#artists on tumblr#im so tired#random thoughts#vent post#venting#vent#adhd problems#adhd#actually adhd#artist problems#art problems#decision paralysis#text post
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if i have to make one more decision in the next 24 hours i am going to commit arson and then cry
#i hate it here#anxiety things#girl help i have to make spur of the moment decisions#decision paralysis
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Decision paralysis every morning is my current state.
Set my alarm early so that I can get things done.
Leave the decision of what’s to be done until the morning. Then get overwhelmed by the choice of things that need doing and end up scrolling for 2 hours instead and inevitably feel guilty about not doing anything productive at all.
Meanwhile non of my family are even awake to notice and just get up and go about their day as per.
Good start to the day.
#adhd struggles#living with adhd#adhd problems#adhd brain#actually adhd#adult adhd#autism#neurodiversity#neurodivergent#decisionmaking#decision paralysis#analysis paralysis#exercise#workout#climbing#rock climbing
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Or perhaps imagine sitting on a chair, and wanting to get up, you really REALLY want to, but you have this very heavy blanket that takes a lot of effort to lift, and you know you need to get up, but being able to do it is really hard. and at the same time there is an alarm blaring on the table in front of you and you cant focus on the blanket with the alarm going, but you also can’t free your hands to stop the alarm, and there's a cup of tea on the table ad you know you want to drink it before it gets cold, but you have to get up from the table and turn off the alarm, but if you do that your tea will go cold, but if you drink your tea then you’re delaying standing up which delays you turning off the alarm, so maybe you should wait? but then the tea will go cold, and now the brain phone is ringing because you’ve just remembered you also want to write a 300pg novel, and its best to do that while sitting down under this blanket, but if you do that, then you won’t have time to clean your entire kitchen,
and the more popup alerts your brain throws up, the more stressful it becomes figuring out which one is the one playing the Baby Shark song and which one is phishing for your bank information, and thee stress grows, so the blanket gets heavier, and standing gets harder
and the some random person will come over and say “hey just stand up”, and you’ll explain about the blanket, so they’ll say “well just take the blanket off then”, and you’ll have to explain you can’t because the blanket is chained to you, so they’ll start asking about how to break the chain, and then you’ll have to explain that the metaphor has stopped working because the blanket is your brain, and also you’ve just remembered you wanted to start a podcast about random history facts with your friend.
Executive dysfunction is a motherfucker. can I fire her?
#executive dysfunction#if it sounds very stressfull its because it is#my to do lists are always miles long and i never get anything done because starting them becomes decisions paralysis#decision paralysis#neurodivergent#actually neurodiverse#neurodiversity
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