ADHD Strategies

2022 · Session 52 of 57 · Full transcript

ADHD Strategies

Amber Pessoa · now playing

So having, like, a lot of, yeah, alarms, timers, reminders. And as much as it can be kind of exhausting to continually do that, It's a lot better than having to scramble around last minute and not do as good a job as you know could do. I would say as well, definitely writing lists. Like, for me, my phone, I would say, is my main, like, way of remembering things like calendar and lists and things like that because I know I need something. It's like, don't don't try and force yourself into someone else's idea of what productive looks like. Just do what like, alter your habits into the way you would naturally do things. So I would I would naturally look at my phone, and I've put certain sort of.

Nicola Harrington · now playing

Reminders and calendars next to apps that I regularly use. A focus timer on my phone. So when I need to concentrate on a piece of work that needs to or reminds me to drink water. So I've got a timer for drinking water, apparently. I've only recently kind of found this out, a typical trait for people with ADHD is that they forget to drink water. Didn't know that. Listening to audiobooks rather than reading. So that's kind of a strategy. I've always had piles and piles of audiobooks of of books by my bed or my shelf. Half read, quarter read, three pages in. Can't I read a page, and I have to reread it three or four times because I'm thinking about something else by the time I've got to the end of the page. So actually having audiobooks.

Nicola Harrington · now playing

Kind of satisfies my desire to read. It lets me think about the book. It keeps my mind on the book and not about the rest of the world and what's going on. So I find that massive. That's only recent I've I've kind of got into audiobooks. Meditation. So I use the car map, and do a daily check-in. That kind of helps, again, helps me sort of clear my brain.