Translating ADHD

ADHD and Decision Making (pt. 1)

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Oct 19, 2020
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INSIGHT

Decision Making Is A Core ADHD Issue

  • Decision making is a central, high-level ADHD challenge separate from basic task management.
  • Recognizing missed decision points reframes procrastination and distractibility as decision problems.
ANECDOTE

Choosing Stores To Reduce Choice Overload

  • Shelley describes being overwhelmed by endless choices at stores like Menards and preferring Aldi to reduce decision load.
  • She uses limited-choice shopping to conserve decision bandwidth for more important matters.
ANECDOTE

Mental Planning Felt Like Work

  • Cam recounts years of building imagined plans without acting, mistaking mental construction for productivity.
  • He only later realized the core problem was avoiding decision points and not mere procrastination.
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