What is ADHD? Get to know ADHD as an adult and How to Live with ADHD in Indonesia

Summary

This video provides insights into understanding and managing ADHD, focusing on the challenges of time management, motivation, and focus. It explores how people with ADHD often struggle with long-term planning, task prioritization, and staying on track due to dopamine imbalances in the brain. Practical tips include reverse planning, tracking time, creating structured time blocks, and leveraging novelty or urgency to enhance motivation. The video reassures viewers that these challenges aren't due to laziness but rather neurological differences, and encourages embracing personalized strategies to work more effectively.

Takeaways

• 😀 People with ADHD often struggle with time management, especially in estimating how much time has passed or how long tasks will take.
• 😀 ADHD individuals tend to have a shorter perception of time, leading them to realize deadlines are near only when they are urgent.
• 😀 Transitioning between tasks can be difficult for those with ADHD, often resulting in delays even for simple activities like Zoom meetings.
• 😀 A helpful time management strategy for ADHD individuals is to work backwards from a goal or deadline, planning each step and estimating how long each will take.
• 😀 Tracking time spent on tasks can help ADHD individuals better understand how long specific activities usually take, allowing for more accurate scheduling in the future.
• 😀 Be mindful of ‘time theft’—it's important to consider how time is spent across different areas of life and whether it’s worth sacrificing time in one area to catch up on another.
• 😀 Creating time pillars and regular routines helps individuals with ADHD structure their day and use time effectively by assigning specific time blocks to tasks.
• 😀 Seeking input from others when prioritizing tasks is crucial, as it provides a reality check and ensures the time allocation is realistic.
• 😀 People with ADHD are often motivated by urgent, new, or stimulating tasks, so adding urgency or novelty to tasks can increase motivation.
• 😀 ADHD brains struggle with tasks that are boring or repetitive, and may avoid them due to a lack of immediate reward or stimulation.
• 😀 It's important for people with ADHD to embrace their strengths, focus on their capabilities, and understand that the challenges they face are due to neurological differences, not laziness or lack of intelligence.

Q & A

Why do people with ADHD struggle with time management?

People with ADHD have difficulty perceiving time accurately, leading to challenges in recognizing how much time has passed or estimating how long a task will take. This results in problems with meeting deadlines and transitioning between activities.

What is 'time blindness' in ADHD?

'Time blindness' refers to the inability to perceive time accurately. People with ADHD often have a short-term view of time and find it difficult to anticipate long-term events, which makes it challenging to manage tasks that are not immediately urgent.

What strategy can help people with ADHD manage time effectively?

One effective strategy is to work backward from the goal. This means starting from the desired outcome and planning backward to understand the steps needed, how long each step will take, and when each should be completed.

Why is it common for people with ADHD to use the 'cramming' method (SKS)?

Due to time blindness, people with ADHD often only realize the urgency of a task when it is almost too late. This causes them to use cramming, where they try to complete tasks quickly right before the deadline.

How can tracking time help individuals with ADHD?

Tracking time allows people with ADHD to compare their time estimates with the actual time spent on tasks. This helps them better understand how long specific activities take, making it easier to schedule and manage time in the future.

What is 'delay aversion' in ADHD?

'Delay aversion' refers to the tendency of people with ADHD to avoid tasks that seem long, repetitive, or boring. They prefer immediate rewards and often procrastinate because long-term benefits feel too distant or abstract.

What motivates the brain of someone with ADHD?

The ADHD brain is motivated by urgent tasks, novelty, challenges, and personal interests. Unlike people without ADHD, who are motivated by long-term rewards, individuals with ADHD respond more to immediate stimulation and engaging activities.

How can people with ADHD increase motivation to complete tasks?

People with ADHD can increase motivation by adding urgency to tasks, making them more interesting, or introducing novelty. For example, they can invite a friend over to encourage them to complete a task or work in a new environment to make the task more engaging.

Why is it important to avoid stealing time from other areas of life when managing tasks?

Stealing time from other areas of life, such as personal activities or relationships, can create additional stress. It is crucial to balance time and prioritize tasks properly to avoid negative consequences in other parts of life.

How can individuals with ADHD create a structured day to manage their time better?

A structured day can be created using 'time pillars'—specific, regular time blocks dedicated to different activities. This helps individuals with ADHD stay on track, allocate sufficient time for important tasks, and maintain flexibility in their schedule.