Structured Success @StructuredSucc

ADHD Coach & Academic Strategist | Guiding ADHD, autistic, and neurodivergent clients through lived experience | they/her | #AuDHD | #ActuallyAutistic structuredsuccess.ca Saskatoon & Online Joined March 2020

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Structured Success @StructuredSucc

2 days ago

Meltdowns and shutdowns aren't a choice. No one wants them. They're the result of stress that far exceeds our ability to cope. These stresses are deeply individual: a source of unmanageable stress for me might not be a stressor for anyone else, even if they're also autistic

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2 days ago

Way too many people still think that being autistic also means being intellectually disabled. This is not the case. While autistic people are more likely to have an intellectual disability, autistic people exist across the entire spectrum of intelligence

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4 days ago

Finding the right accommodations for us is more than just avoiding barriers we were facing. It's also about understanding the impact of our accommodations, having different options for different situations, and understanding the energy and executive function cost of using them

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5 days ago

Adding pressure (or anxiety) to get started with task only helps to a certain point. After that point, added anxiety actually makes getting started more harder and increases the risk of perfectionism. For ADHD'ers, who often struggle to get started, this is a super common trap

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5 days ago

Little known fact, but the ADHD sleep paralysis demon just whispers AMAZING ideas in your ear and assures you that you'll remember them in the morning 🙃

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6 days ago

Getting started with tasks doesn't have to be about starting that one task you're thinking about right here, right now. It can be making it easier to get started later on, through building momentum, reducing barriers, or starting small, for example

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6 days ago

Decision making when you have ADHD can suck so hard. One of the reasons I always need a plan ahead of time is because without a plan, I am constantly lost in not being able to decide what to do ...or not even being able to identify the options

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6 days ago

Neurodivergent people often have different (or more extreme) strengths and weaknesses than neurotypical people. These differences can make doing things the neurotypical way understimulating, unsustainable, or even impossible

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a week ago

Being autistic can change the way that we interact and communicate. When these differences aren't considered or accommodated, people (even professionals) can get completely the wrong impression of us, our abilities, or our intelligence

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a week ago

For ADHD'ers, building momentum that we can use on a bigger task later in the day is an important tool to have in our toolboxes. For me, starting with other tasks that have a similar feel or require a similar skillset, especially ones that are easy wins, work best this

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a week ago

Life with ADHD. Task: Send email. Me: That should take... 1 spoon? I can do that! My executive dysfunction: Nuh uh starting will be 2 more. My memory: ...what was I doing? 1 spoon to figure it out. My hyperfocus: You want to stop? That'll be 3 more. Me: Why am I so tired!?

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a week ago

Autistic, ADHD, and other ND people may approach problem solving in different ways than NTs. This way isn't better or worse, but having different people with different approaches working on the same problem can avoid dangerous cognitive traps and lead to creative solutions

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a week ago

The ADHD process writing an email: 1) Procrastinate until it's urgent. 2) Draft something super fast and hit send. 3) Undo send, make sure I didn't misspell their name, hit send. 4) Undo send, forgot the attachment, hit send. 5) Undo send, thought of something to add, hit send..

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2 weeks ago

Treating ADHD and/or autistic strengths as if they are "our superpower" can encourage burnout by over-relying on a single way of coping. Having many diverse and context-specific coping mechanisms is actually really important to make coping sustainable

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2 weeks ago

AHH! I completely forgot to give my dog lunch >_< I've so thoroughly connected me eating food to feeding my dog, that when I didn't eat lunch I forgot to give her lunch too. At least she gets double dinner? 😅

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2 weeks ago

For many autistic people routine and structure can be rewarding, whereas uncertainty and navigating complex emotions can be incredibly stressful. This has wide-ranging impacts on our lives, including changing how we learn best and even changing the skills we develop

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2 weeks ago

Self-reflection is so important to coping with our neurodivergent conditions better. But self-reflection can't only be focus on our flaws and weaknesses. Self-reflection also has to involve acknowledging our good days and our strengths, and understanding what facilitates them

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2 weeks ago

Hyperfocus is a beautiful, wondrous... double-edged sword. It can feel fulfilling and invigorating, but also make us completely forget about other important or urgent aspects of our lives. We can miss appointments, or even neglect ourselves, our family, or our bodily needs