Just do something, even if it’s a terrible idea.
Example: I need to put up this shelf. I’ll get my tools. But first I need to find the right position, measure, make sure it’s level, line up the guide holes…well, before I pick the position, I should check for studs. Where’s the stud finder? Oh, I need a pencil too. And those magic sponges. Do I need to buy more of those? HOLY SHIT, IT’S BEEN TWO HOURS AND I’VE DONE NOTHING?
Drills hole in wall.
Ok. Now there’s a big hole in the wall. I need to resolve that before my wife comes home in an hour. That’s motivating. Let’s see if i can cover that with a shelf.
It’s so hard to drill that hole sometimes but it’s so true, even just doing something wrong but related is enough to prime things.
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“dropped a table” as in “little Bobby DROP TABLES”?
Tell someone something is already done and that you’ll show them later.
Panic is a wonderful motivator.
My energy for school projects.
Induce panic. Just spiral out of control about that shit until you get the adrenaline, then start doing coping mechanisms to get the anxiety to a level you can function but you can only function on the thing you’re specifically freaked the fuck out about.
It ain’t good for you, but it works in a pinch
Getting arrested.
I wasn’t arrested, but held for questioning because my car was near the scene of the incident. So I had to wait there for 30 minutes and give a statement.
Those 30 minutes, I was having a ball thinking creatively.
That’s why when I really need to get a project done, I call 911 and SWAT my own house. There. Instant meaningful deadline. Only a few minutes to work, and that’s the only chance you’ll have for the rest of the day at least! 😂
Got a homework assignment due that you wont make? Swat yourself and get arrested, its the new my dog ate my homework excuse with an actual record to prove it!
Jokes on you (well, actually me), I don’t have one! I’m just stuck and the only thing that helps that is another person making me do it.
This is me and my therapist literally built in time to our sessions just so she could browbeat me into calling the bank about a chargeback or whatever
Dang, I know the feeling/situation but haven’t had that with a therapist.
It was my mom for a long time, but she was and still is way too easy on me and just does the stuff, like cleaning, herself whenever the situation comes up.
But I pushed for years to get, in Swedish, “boendestöd” (tried to find a good translation but none is really correct, it’s kinda housing/accommodation support, but more in some ways but focused on helping me getting things done and not them doing it). Had it for about 10 months now and it has helped so much. One major thing is being able to meet with her and other family just to hang out and not for help, it’s something I’ve wanted get to for so long.
If there’s something like that where you live I highly recommend it, it’s definitely scary at first since you’re letting at the absolute minimum one person into your life and home even when it’s really bad but it’s so worth it. You get to know them and they learn how to push you in a good way, I’ve come to a point where I often manage to start cleaning and other stuff that’s needed even before they get here which is something I wouldn’t have guessed would happen, at least so quickly.Turns out there’s a fine line between therapist and dominator/trix?
ketamine. Doesn’t work anymore, don’t try it
but there has been at least three times I took some k and for some reason I got this primal, savage and wild urge to clean my house
why? idk
Disclaimer: this is not an endorsement for using street drugs. I am not a doctor.
Dopamine is why. All prescription ADHD meds increase ambient dopamine levels so that executive control is easier. Recreational drugs tend to feel good, and elevated dopamine levels are usually in the mix when it comes to sensations like that.
I read a book that convinced me that anything I thought I ‘should’ do was completely optional. I did the 'had to’s as I’d always done, and if a ‘should’ came up I did it if I felt like it and was able to not worry about it if I didn’t. It was a pretty nice week. Therapist laughed at it when I told them, and that was the end of that.
I misunderstood this as hacks to get adhd people stuck.
Hand them a menu
What really gets me is packing for the airport. So many random things all need to be packed and I sometimes just walk back and fourth trying to decide what to pack next.
Ask them “are you sure you haven’t forgot anything important?” Just as they try to leave for the day.
Make them late as fuck for no reason
Umm do not do that to me!
Pretty, shiny flypaper
Have a child. They’ll remind you when you’re getting distracted again.
children exist to remind you of your flaws.
when people say those with mental illnesses shouldn’t have kids, this is actually the reason, not so that the child also doesn’t have the mental illness.
I had a period of extremely productive work a while back when putting on late '90s early 2000s teen comedies in the background. I got so much done while 10 Things I Hate About You and Can’t Hardly Wait were playing in the background.
LSD applied directly to genitals you’ll end up doing something at least and if you just stare at the wall it will look cool
This isn’t a hack, but I try to do one thing at a time now.
If I’m cleaning the house and I’m tempted to deep clean a drawer or do some side quest that isn’t actually the thing I should be going, I’ll take note, say out loud “damnit focus, that isn’t going to help right now” and regroup.
It’s frustrating, but giving into my impulses is usually what makes shit take forever and never get done.
Also lots of caffeine and THC seems to help (?).
One of these days I’m going to try getting diagnosed for ADHD and get medicated, but making phone calls to do that and talking to someone sounds like a nightmare. That would be a truly unhinged solution for me.
We just curse everything under around and above the sun like “Fuck Fuck fuck you fuck off fuck me fuck this Fuck that” etc And that tends to help
Stopping to sleep for a few day to get my brain out of loops or hyperfocus.
Least unhinged thing I do: request that people I know harass the fuck outta me to do chores. I’ll regularly have a friend remind me to go a chore after a half hour of gaming and I’ll begrudgingly go do the chore so I can go back to gaming.
Most unhinged: turn on angry music and think of people I hate to get energized and wound up by rage. Sometimes I’ll scream too. I have a playlist called Grrr that’s just all of my angry music but I’ll often fixate on one song.
