u/iamokay_1234

I am a disgusting human being. Because I just can't get myself to shower. Sometimes I struggle to brush and even struggle with period hygiene. I feel like it's because of my executive dysfunction because I'm always thinking about doing it but never actually doing it. And I found a solution.

Music fixed my hygiene more than any stimulant ever has.

I used to shower once every 2–3 days because I just couldn't get myself to start. I'd rarely brush my teeth. During my periods, I struggled to change my pad or tampon every 6 hours, not because I didn't know I should, but because I couldn't make myself get up and do it.

People without ADHD often assume hygiene problems come from laziness or not caring. For me, it was executive dysfunction. I cared so much that I'd beat myself up over it constantly, but guilt never made task initiation any easier.

Everything changed when I read Why Can't I Just Shower? by Dan Boynton. For the first time, I stopped seeing myself as lazy or gross. My brain wasn't refusing hygiene because I didn't care, it was struggling to start.

One trick from the book completely changed my life: pairing hygiene with something that gives my brain instant dopamine.

For me, that's loud Bollywood party songs.

Now I blast my "getting ready" playlist before I shower. I brush my teeth while listening to music and walking around the house. During my period, if I can't get myself to change my pad or tampon, I play the same music in the bathroom. Somehow that tiny change gets me moving.

I even use music to clean my room.

I've tried podcasts, calm music, and other genres, but nothing flips that "let's go" switch like upbeat Bollywood songs.

I'm not perfect. I still have days where I forget to brush or skip a shower. But compared to where I was before, the difference is huge.

Ironically, music has done more for my executive dysfunction around hygiene than any stimulant ever has.

I am a disgusting human being. Because I just can't get myself to shower. Sometimes I struggle to brush and even struggle with period hygiene. I feel like it's because of my executive dysfunction because I'm always thinking about doing it but never actually doing it. And I found a solution.

Music fixed my hygiene more than any stimulant ever has.

I used to shower once every 2–3 days because I just couldn't get myself to start. I'd rarely brush my teeth. During my periods, I struggled to change my pad or tampon every 6 hours, not because I didn't know I should, but because I couldn't make myself get up and do it.

People without ADHD often assume hygiene problems come from laziness or not caring. For me, it was executive dysfunction. I cared so much that I'd beat myself up over it constantly, but guilt never made task initiation any easier.

Everything changed when I read Why Can't I Just Shower? by Dan Boynton. For the first time, I stopped seeing myself as lazy or gross. My brain wasn't refusing hygiene because I didn't care, it was struggling to start.

One trick from the book completely changed my life: pairing hygiene with something that gives my brain instant dopamine.

For me, that's loud Bollywood party songs.

Now I blast my "getting ready" playlist before I shower. I brush my teeth while listening to music and walking around the house. During my period, if I can't get myself to change my pad or tampon, I play the same music in the bathroom. Somehow that tiny change gets me moving.

I even use music to clean my room.

I've tried podcasts, calm music, and other genres, but nothing flips that "let's go" switch like upbeat Bollywood songs.

I'm not perfect. I still have days where I forget to brush or skip a shower. But compared to where I was before, the difference is huge.

Ironically, music has done more for my executive dysfunction around hygiene than any stimulant ever has.

I am a disgusting human being. Because I just can't get myself to shower. Sometimes I struggle to brush and even struggle with period hygiene. I feel like it's because of my executive dysfunction because I'm always thinking about doing it but never actually doing it. And I found a solution.

Music fixed my hygiene more than any stimulant ever has.

I used to shower once every 2–3 days because I just couldn't get myself to start. I'd rarely brush my teeth. During my periods, I struggled to change my pad or tampon every 6 hours, not because I didn't know I should, but because I couldn't make myself get up and do it.

People without ADHD often assume hygiene problems come from laziness or not caring. For me, it was executive dysfunction. I cared so much that I'd beat myself up over it constantly, but guilt never made task initiation any easier.

Everything changed when I read Why Can't I Just Shower? by Dan Boynton. For the first time, I stopped seeing myself as lazy or gross. My brain wasn't refusing hygiene because I didn't care, it was struggling to start.

One trick from the book completely changed my life: pairing hygiene with something that gives my brain instant dopamine.

For me, that's loud Bollywood party songs.

Now I blast my "getting ready" playlist before I shower. I brush my teeth while listening to music and walking around the house. During my period, if I can't get myself to change my pad or tampon, I play the same music in the bathroom. Somehow that tiny change gets me moving.

I even use music to clean my room.

I've tried podcasts, calm music, and other genres, but nothing flips that "let's go" switch like upbeat Bollywood songs.

I'm not perfect. I still have days where I forget to brush or skip a shower. But compared to where I was before, the difference is huge.

Ironically, music has done more for my executive dysfunction around hygiene than any stimulant ever has.

My qualifications are final year BSc Biomedical Science student looking for a Bengaluru-based university lab where I can carry out an undergraduate project involving targeted nanomedicine/drug delivery and cancer cell culture work. I already have an idea for a small project work. Does anyone know professors, universities, or research centers that are open to external students bringing their own project ideas in the field of Nanomedicine? Due to some logistical issues I am not able to do the project in my own university (which would have been ideal)