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Why ADHD Impairs Time Management
- Adults with ADHD struggle with time management because their executive functions are impaired due to underdeveloped frontal lobes.
- Time management involves multiple skills like prioritization, working memory, organization, self-regulation, emotional regulation, and time awareness, all executive functions.
Time Management Is Emotional Management
- Poor time management often stems from difficulties managing emotions rather than time or tasks.
- Emotions like dread, shame, anxiety, or fear can cause procrastination and distraction, making productivity difficult.
Clients Reveal Emotional Barriers
- Scott avoided writing a gin label for weeks due to dread and fear of imperfection, masking it as a time management problem.
- Another client procrastinated paperwork because of fear about living alone, showing avoidance driven by emotional issues, not time problems.