Hi, I have ADHD and a skin picking problem that can take hours out of my day. I find that when I pick I get caught in a sort of trance-like state where my mind feels stuck and dazed. Even when I manage to stop I can't seem to think properly and feel zoned out.
I was wondering if anyone knew how to snap yourself out of this daze?
Tidying is possibly the worst task to have to complete with my ADHD. I know, of course, that ADHDers find lots of tasks tedious and difficult but cleaning has always been my downfall. I take methylphenidate and even that doesn't help. I still end up procrastinating. I'll sit and stare at a wall. Or even if I start, I'll find an object I forgot I owned and end up toying with it for an hour.
Does anyone have useful tips for cleaning. There are a few I have tried, such as:
- Lists. Creating a checklist does not keep me on task, I'll get distracted and end up focusing on my desk instead of dirty laundry.
- Schedules. Same damn thing.
- Authoritarian self-parenting. "You can't do [blank] until the room is tidy" , (usually showering or eating, which only leads me into a pit of depression and a bad parent-child relationship with my own brain.)
- Reward systems. Don't work. My brain cannot fathom rewards or end goals which is the entire reason I find cleaning so difficult.
- Podcasts/audiobooks. They help it seem less daunting, yet don't really help the process.
Please. Please. PLEASE. Help me if you have any advice.