How to Deal with ADHD Overwhelm
We all feel overwhelmed from time to time. It’s normal to feel like you can’t handle everything that’s happening in your life. But what do you do when overwhelm is a constant feeling and it’s preventing you from living the life you want? If this sounds like you, then you might be dealing with ADHD overload. Don’t worry, though. There are ways to manage ADHD overwhelm and start living the life you deserve. Keep reading for tips on how to get started.
Stuff’s gotten real out there, and so it felt like the perfect time for me to share some ways to work through overwhelm. Obviously, this kind of stuff might not work with social issues, but it can help with the rest of what you’ve got going on. So…to work through it, do these three things:
Slow down
This seems counterintuitive, right? Like, obviously if you’re feeling overwhelmed and behind, this must mean that you should SPEED UP AND DO MORE.
Au contraire, mon frere (I probably spelled that wrong but oh well): you’re probably getting overwhelmed because you’re already moving too fast, and trying to do too much. You’ve overloaded your prone-to-shutdown-as-a-defense brain to the point where it’s had to…well, you know.
So what you have to do is help your brain lower its guard by giving it a second to process. Do this by doing deep…
