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#AskingAutistics:
Is not being able to stick to self imposed rules, deadlines, w/e an #ActuallyAutistic (assuming #PossiblyADHDAwaitingAssessmentOnTheGatekeepingNHS is not a tag) thing or is it a human wide thing? Does anyone actually stick to rules they make themselves?
Is not being able to stick to self imposed rules, deadlines, w/e an #ActuallyAutistic (assuming #PossiblyADHDAwaitingAssessmentOnTheGatekeepingNHS is not a tag) thing or is it a human wide thing? Does anyone actually stick to rules they make themselves?
Like if I tell myself "once you do X, you can have Y" - it DOESN& #39;T WORK. I just go "okay but I can have Y now?". Like it& #39;s as if my brain goes "yeah we know the person that made that rule and we have it on good authority that that person is certified full of shit!"
Me: If we do this it will be good for our wellbeing/health/productivity
Also me: Yeah, I don& #39;t follow rules for anyone, and that includes self imposed rules made for our own wellbeing!
Also me: Yeah, I don& #39;t follow rules for anyone, and that includes self imposed rules made for our own wellbeing!
I know that it& #39;s an ADHD thing to be very externally motivated and not be able to motivate yourself so I& #39;m wondering if it& #39;s like that? And if it is that, I wonder if this is something widely recognised enough that a doctor would go "Mm, sounds like ADHD" or not.
Is there an #AskingNeurotypicals tag? Now I want to know. Can you stick to self imposed rules (like going to bed at a certain time, or a deadline, or like not eating all the ice cream you bought yourself as a reward for finishing your work before you finished your work 
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(Obviously the above poll is super unscientific but, hey, it& #39;s twitter and we only have 4 options. Feel free to clarify in the replies! Also if anyone has tips for sticking to rules without an external person enforcing them, hmu, I need em)
It& #39;s a weird one because I also have a lot of PDA traits so I tend to avoid any sort of demand at all and hate any rule or deadline BUT I can be motivated with an external reward.
