ADHD And Procrastination? Here's How To Fix It From The Inside Out! 

When you procrastinate by watching videos on procrastinating...

Who else blanked out through most of the vid and had to rewind :(

A person with adhd would want to speed up this vedio, thank you

I've recently been diagnosed with ADHD at 60 years old . I've had it all my life but when I was young no one knew about ADHD they just said I was shy. So I've had all these years to wrestle with procrastination and feeling crappy because I thought I was lazy and that frustrated me. Your video has shown me the 2 parts of me. If only I had known this so many years ago, my life would have been a little more easier, or at least I would have not blamed myself for not being like everyone else. After all these years of talking negatively to myself and berating myself, I've programmed my self to think the worst. I suppose I do feel better knowing that all these years I was doing the best I could. Thanks for the videos and the encouragement.

Procrastination for me is fear, over thinking, and making mountains out of molehills. The hardest things for me is getting started, managing interruptions, and getting work done that I consider a complete bore, like expense reports. So a good technique is something called the Pomodoro Technique - their are apps out there but basically - you set a 5 min timer and then just pick one thing on your to do list - and just one - then commit working on it for 5 minutes. . For me I love it because I don’t have to think about the entire project, I just need to think about the first 5 minutes, and mist if the time when 5 min is up I just keep on going and it brings my stress levels way down and I feel happy about my accomplishments. Look it up and tread about it

Sudden urge for coffee + flickering attention + foggy brain = my everyday. 😖 I'm still great at work, which tells me without ADD I would excel... I need medication.

Person with ADHD: How do I stop procrasinating RU-vidr on this vid: JuSt DoN't PrOcRaSiNaTe BrO 😂😂

Oh my gosh! Like what he said, speaking to myself helps a lot for me!! Just that I usually instruct myself...only when i'm motivated.. *Speaking to procrastinator-me: "You procrastinator in me, we need to get this task done!!! So I can feel good about myself!!" *Speaking to motivator-me: "Motivator me, please help me! I know we can do this with strength from you! Let's make it together!~" Thank you, Anders!

i can’t finish watching your video. my adhd mind thinks you’re going too slow... get to the point the already!

This video could not hold my attention.

It hurts when you set more than 8 hours trying to study and you do everything except studying

The video suggests we have a motivated side and an instant gratification side, and we give in to the latter when we procrastinate. I don't think that's a fair way to put it. I don't give in to that side at all, but when I try to motivate and activate myself my mind will simply not shift into that gear, no matter how I approach it. It's suddenly ten times more draining to simply walk to my desk for instance, even strictly in a physical sense. When this offers so much resistance, I either push through it, overstep my boundaries, still get nothing done and end up exhausted, or I procrastinate to find different ways or different times that might work better, but usually they still don't. There is no giving in to any tempting but easier route involved whatsoever, but unfortunately this misconception is spread even through channels about ADHD.

This doesn’t fit ADHD dislexic . For me ,I have thing’s I want to do and I have things I need to do and none of it gets done . I feel stuck ,like a kind of mental paralysis that affects my physical body -bcan’t move ( standing there spinning my wheels) I tell my self to pick one task ….how hard can it be.. I look around …I’ll decide ok I’ll put a new tyre on the wheel barrow …I go to get the tools to do the job next thing I know is I’m climbing inside the roof to fix an air conditioning vent - to some people this might seem funny - but when you see it happening as it’s happening it sucks the life force out of you . On rare days for an hour or two something strange happens and stuff just works and I see myself getting shit done - I think to myself .. Holly crap this is how normal people must feel - why can’t I feel this way all the time . I just don’t understand what the hell is going on. From childhood until today it’s been the same thing 50+ years . I think outside the box sometimes I fix things in ways people haven’t thought of . I know I’m intelligent - in survival situations I can survive- spur of the moment solutions . But day to day life is such a struggle. Like walking in quicksand. Im self reflective-self aware empathetic …. Oh yippee… for the people around me - I’ve been told form out of the blue ….you are different- your such a nice guy - Blah blah blah . I understand that - I accept that I know it’s true - how the hell does that help me - zero. I have learned to accept praise- but I still don’t like hearing it . I’m happy with a simple thanks for that . And away I go . I’m not suicidal- but when my time is up on this earth I will be happy to go. I also dislike feeling that way . I want to be able to feel happy about living life .it’s just not there . I just don’t know what to do or how to fix it . Nothing has worked yet.

Watching this video as I'm meant to do work. And now I'm hooked and want to watch more videos that explain me why I should stop watching more videos

This actually made more sense than any other videos I’ve watched about adhd and why people with it procrastinate. I liked this one better because it was a little bit quicker.

Im using this video to procrastinate I hate myself.

Omg, Anders. What a gift! Thank you!

This was beautiful!! I was going to procrastinate on making my resume but I stopped to search on youtube how i can stop putting things off... I need to stop hating my procrastinating side and should try a conversation with it:)

This is similar to my own view of what’s going on, I always tell people about how I have ‘two selves’ - ones like, an adult toddler or a kid, and the other is the ‘mother’ or ‘manager’ self that’s running around after the other one trying to get them to do something, keep them on task, and the one that chides and is ashamed of the child side. Before, I didn’t used to think of the manager side as a mother type figure, but after trying to be more easy and loving to myself (I learned in therapy that I was really negative and harsh on myself) it sort of has changed the relationship to one where I do try and understand myself and I do need to give myself the love and compassion of a mom, in order to get cooperation. I’m still struggling to find good ways to not procrastinate it’s still a fight!

Internal family systems! Love parts work, and appreciate how you applied it here. Thanks for the vid

Zoning in and out in and out in and out: my mind during this video

So self talk to your inner procrastinating side of you. Be intentional in realizing that it’s a fight between you on the inside. The motivated side of you and the procrastinating side of you. Think logically about a task that needs to be done. (Even as simple as taking a shower) fall in love with taking a shower just as you fell in love with being stuck in the bed. Find let some change in the mind and don’t be afraid to play around with your comforts 💚

I have never once completed an assignment early even once in my life after puberty. I can understand what the fuck i'm doing but my brain is like "Nope, imma hand you an anxiety attack and leg aching real quick". Fuck.

Great video, never looked at it that way. Thank you

Oh WOW ! Combine this with parts therapy in clinical hypnosis plus NLP and what a powerful solution. Just had a lightbulb 💡 moment. Thank you !😄

Amazing insights and methodology! Thx!🤗

Your voice is so soothing, I'm getting an odd sense of frustration because it's relaxing me when I want to hyperfocus and get motivated to catch up on my backlog. I'm sure you said important things, but I couldn't hear them because my mind filled in all the blank spaces created by your delays between words, with so many scattered thoughts and worries of my own. Lol! Is this why meditating is so ineffective for me? I'm a really bad case of inattentive ADHD. Augh! Heeeelp meeeeeee! ;D

definitely using this internal dialogue... big procrastinator here :)

You help me so much! Thank you 🙏

What to do when the tasks take me hours on end and I either have to stop until another day and also leave other things undone. For example, it takes long to write articles, make the grammar structure right, shoot the video, edit it and bc I'm doing all that I don't clean my house. If I clean my house I don't work bc of the same thing, cleaning takes me very long bc I haven't learned how to get organized and declutter. Not having enough storage space, not knowing how to classify things, etc.

This is excellent. Working on intrinsic motivation and deeper objects of reward - internal emotional and rational qualities (not material) are the key. Also, ppl have told me they don't have an "internal voice". This has to do with the non-visual working memory deficit, which should develop by age 5, but is lacking due to ADHD brain structure.

Didn't found how to speed up it on app. And I guess u was saying something helpful but literally couldn't keep my attention cuz it's too slow.

My procrastination has evolve into lethargy and isolation. I hate having to do my tasks(cleaning a poop covered bathroom and adult poop filled diapers) I am a caregiver and turned into a careless giver! I put off doing the housework also, dishes especially and cleaning the floors. Im 73 and also depressed, thoughts ruminating,,,on responsibility, laziness, duty to my job, and has severely turned into not caring and even neglecting my client who is 93.

Honestly I didn't speed up the video I always go through comments to find the exact point and get out. I don't know if I have it or not but I'm frustrated feeling useless and lazy and the motivated part of me is dead like dead 😭

i love these videos its like positive affirmations for adhd + unintentional asmr haha

I want to do it, I'll do it later

Thank you .

*FLICKERING-FOCUS* is my new favorite term! Thanks! 👍🤘🖖

Tysm i think its goona be really helpful to me

Thank you! It never occurred to me to talk to myself as demonstrated at 5:00

Thanks

wow, thank you for this video

I have intense fear of failure and mistakes. I find myself saying I just cant deal with the negative voice when i make mistakes and or failure today (which is every day) . The mistakes and failure make the negative voices come to the front of my mind and louder. Now that i look at it the negative is there when i procrastinate too. Its as loud as the mistake voice. I realize im in constant negative voices no matter what i do or dont do. If this makes any sense?

I dont know if i have ADD or ADHD, but whenever i involving in a task which is my carrier, its like burning and feel clostafobic. Second, there is an alarm inside me which remind what need to do in the right time,,,,in my imagination it keep me thinking for a reason to avoid it or I can replace with another important work.

You make a lot of sense.

thanks that's great help

Talking to my inner selves ....I gotta try that

OH MY GOD!!!! IT WORKED!!!

Omg when you mentioned longing for coffee....thats literally how I ended up here.

Anyone else having a hard time keeping attention to this video?

How do you help a family member who procrastinates and shuts down a conversation before it's started about a task that needs to be done? Stepping away and taking the pressure off doesn't work because they still won't do what needs to be done...

I'm watching this while drawing and listening to music

Can you do this with visuals or talk a little faster. I’m drifting.

Watched this on 1.5× speed , it helped

Thank you and very helpful. I would leave a longer comment, but I've got tax stuff to sort out!! 😐

Very usefull...

Good video but i recommend watching it at 1.25 speed

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I probably have ADHD (no official diagnosis because I’m not asking my mom “hey mom can I go get diagnosed with ADHD?”) and I am procrastinating by watching videos on procrastination

i procrastinate to finish watching this video

Me: Procrastinates and doesn't focus on video to help me with procrastination lol

Hey! Cool intro :o)

Not very helpful. Just tell yourself to stop procrastinating if you procrastinate. That's what everyone says. if you tell that part of you that wants to procrastinate to help you it will be saying I am helping you.

Summary Procastination* A motivated part of me want to focus, do action, master , succeed in long term and other part derailing wants procastination, short span, dont want to do job, relax ,chill, short term pleasure. Both want same thing pleasure I have 2 forces within me both want pleasure and feel good about myself . Immediate and long term. To stop procastination , help him understand Call up procastinated part in me and tell him to plz help me get this task done in right time as it will feel good to me. I will enjoy and feel proud about myself. Also call the motivated part to lwt it know that i really want to perform it right now.

So, you have an angel and devil on you shoulder. Both want to feel good. The devil thinks short term and starts to grab the game controller. Than your angel says: "You want to feel good? Than you need to finish a task on your to-do list." And always listen to angles.

I got bored right after the intro beat Skip. 😂

I really like your concepts and they help with my ADD but, It just seems like my attention span is too short for these videos. If you can speed it up, I can retain more the information. Anyways, you are doing awesome, I just want to focus on what you're saying. New subbie!

Took a lot of energy to watch this, message lost!😣

I can't get through this video. Thank you for styling this video for it's target audience.

4:59 Like .. Seriously !

I must say the advice seems simple and almost not helpful but if you actually try and call upon there other part of you and address both sides of you like he said...it doesn't create a shit. I'm sure over time the more you practice that simple exercise the more benefits you reap.

This Dutch docter found out with a research team that ADHD is caused by eating or drinking the wrong food. Some people get hyper from milk products, others don't. Leaving the wrong food out of your diet causes you to become much calmer for yourself and your environment.

So basically I need to talk to myself?

Ohhhhhh ok just don't procrastinate. Mind blown.

Music is ADHD friendly

i wish meds didn't give me such bad headaches (yes i sleep enough, exercise, drink enough, yadda yadda yadda)

I keep getting called lazy It’s my fault Im failing at everything

I only found out a few days ago I procrastinate all the time. I just called it planning and deep thought. Watching this video has been hard (i haven't watched all the way through yet may need a few goes to take it in). Thankyou very much :)

Omg my adhd is screaming for 6 min Yeah yeah yeah I already know what adhd is can you just tell me the answer!!!?

I basically murdered my pet scorpion because I was so lazy I did not want to feed it😞

Play at 1.25x for normal speed Play at 1.5x for adhd needs

Comment section is full of people who think ADHD Is cool and quirky lol

Yup didn’t work

That's a lot of rambling for somebody who clearly doesn't have a clue as to what they are talking about. I think the ADHD community has discovered it's very own 'David Brent' from The Office (UK Version. Think well meaning, clueless)

u videos makes me sleepy.

Stop insulting us! We don't have multiple personality disorder.

He talks so slowly. Nice guy but I can't pay attention

You was really ADHD.?

Seriously? This is your advice?

Man come to the point....

Just realized i was ADHD Using alot of coffee n beer but better than adderal i thnk

Is this guy talking gibberish

hurry up

too slow man too slow...

Not great advice bro lol

Jesus you look like my ex husband. It's so offputting!

Thanks for the video