This was so helpful. The wording was easy to use and understand. I love the part about not having to use the ADHD or time blindness bc I often feel like I'm making excuses or hiding behind my condition! Also it invites our loved ones into our brains and allows us to ask for help without feeling helpless
I don't find my issue is Time Blindness, but a complete inability to estimate the time needed to do something (even if I've done it multiple times). My to do list is always longer than possible for the time achieved, the time I think i can complete cleaning in, At work I'm always saying "Sure this can be done, i can do that" (in part because I just want to please them) but always finding out it takes, easily, 2 to 3 times that time. It's never because I am unfocused, more just that's the actual nature of it.
For me, that's the biggest time problem I have, and i frankly don't know what to do with it!
This is an issue for every member of our family. We saw it again while getting ready to leave for the holiday weekend. My kids and husband still feel surprised by how long it takes to get ready to leave for a trip and I keep telling them all that I have timed it. My brain also wants to pretend we can get ready for a trip in 1 hour but it’s almost always 2 hours to build in buffer time. Getting angry about how we still aren’t ready doesn’t benefit anyone and with 4 ND people in the house we already know it will be an issue!
This was so helpful. The wording was easy to use and understand. I love the part about not having to use the ADHD or time blindness bc I often feel like I'm making excuses or hiding behind my condition! Also it invites our loved ones into our brains and allows us to ask for help without feeling helpless
I don't find my issue is Time Blindness, but a complete inability to estimate the time needed to do something (even if I've done it multiple times). My to do list is always longer than possible for the time achieved, the time I think i can complete cleaning in, At work I'm always saying "Sure this can be done, i can do that" (in part because I just want to please them) but always finding out it takes, easily, 2 to 3 times that time. It's never because I am unfocused, more just that's the actual nature of it.
For me, that's the biggest time problem I have, and i frankly don't know what to do with it!
This is an issue for every member of our family. We saw it again while getting ready to leave for the holiday weekend. My kids and husband still feel surprised by how long it takes to get ready to leave for a trip and I keep telling them all that I have timed it. My brain also wants to pretend we can get ready for a trip in 1 hour but it’s almost always 2 hours to build in buffer time. Getting angry about how we still aren’t ready doesn’t benefit anyone and with 4 ND people in the house we already know it will be an issue!