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#your brain might be a clown but you are a con artist posing as a clown and your brain is like ahhh a fellow clown-man
synonym-for-life · 3 years
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Okay, so here’s the thing, I don’t know if I have ADHD or some sort of executive function dysfunction or whatever, but I struggle just....doing stuff  like A Lot™.
But, I had a REALLY good weekend this week and I did things, things I should be doing and things I like to do. I was really, really proud of myself by the end of it because I managed to overcome whatever impulsivity my brain came up with. 
However, this isn’t a bragging post! I wanted to point something out that I noticed and that I think people who struggle mentally often forget: I felt more relaxed and energetic after three days of working really hard, than I feel after a day where I struggle to do anything at all. 
The thing is struggle is exhausting. Fighting with your brain is exhausting. You can do NOTHING in the entire day and feel like you’ve been run over by a truck because you know you should be doing Important Things™ and you’re Not Doing The Things™ and you’re then guilt tripping yourself over it and just exhausting yourself with every thought. 
And I think that really drove home the point that this isn’t about laziness. This isn’t because you’re not trying. The very definition of struggling is trying. Like literally. One of the definitions of struggle (verb) on Merriam Webster is to proceed with difficulty or with great effort.  
Struggling means trying, it means putting in great effort to push against something that does not want to move, be it a really huge rock (that you for some reason want to move in this story) or your own stupid brain. 
So like! Give yourself some love on those shitty days too! Be proud of yourself for trying!
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