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An aspect of Executive Dysfunction people who don't experience it seem unable to understand:
It doesn't only affect things I don't like doing, don't want to do, struggle with once I do manage to start, etc.
It affects everything, always.
Including things I like or want to do.
It doesn't only affect things I don't like doing, don't want to do, struggle with once I do manage to start, etc.
It affects everything, always.
Including things I like or want to do.
Whenever I explain my Executive Dysfunction to people who don't experience it themselves, people always say:
"Yeah, I also struggle doing things I don't want to do."
"Yeah, I can't always motivate myself either."
"Yeah, forcing yourself to do things sucks."
But that ain't it.
"Yeah, I also struggle doing things I don't want to do."
"Yeah, I can't always motivate myself either."
"Yeah, forcing yourself to do things sucks."
But that ain't it.
An example:
I want to browse an online shop for crafting materials - something I absolutely LOVE doing!
It took me 4 hours to be able to get my laptop.
I've been laying here, laptop on my lap, unable to open the shop website and start for an hour now.
Executive Dysfunction.
I want to browse an online shop for crafting materials - something I absolutely LOVE doing!
It took me 4 hours to be able to get my laptop.
I've been laying here, laptop on my lap, unable to open the shop website and start for an hour now.
Executive Dysfunction.
My own brain is stuck doing the thing it started doing hours ago.
It is unable to stop that thing, transition, and start doing that other thing.
Despite me WANTING to do the other thing, TRYING to do it.
That's the thing about Executive Dysfunction people don't get.
It is unable to stop that thing, transition, and start doing that other thing.
Despite me WANTING to do the other thing, TRYING to do it.
That's the thing about Executive Dysfunction people don't get.
Maybe the fact that I really struggle explaining this is also a part of why people just don't get it.
But I do believe the fact that it is so far from their own lived reality plays the bigger role in it.
If your brain doesn't do this thing, it's impossible to imagine it.
But I do believe the fact that it is so far from their own lived reality plays the bigger role in it.
If your brain doesn't do this thing, it's impossible to imagine it.
Executive Dysfunction is when the mechanism in your body that allows you to actively take control of your brain is disconnected.
You TRY to take control, you DECIDE to take control, but the connection is broken, so you simply can't.
Your brain just keeps doing its own thing.
You TRY to take control, you DECIDE to take control, but the connection is broken, so you simply can't.
Your brain just keeps doing its own thing.
It seems impossible for people to understand that something invisible is stopping me.
Not my environment, not other people, not a physical issue, not a mental disability, nothing but a malfunctioning mechanism in my brain (that they constantly use without being aware of it!).
Not my environment, not other people, not a physical issue, not a mental disability, nothing but a malfunctioning mechanism in my brain (that they constantly use without being aware of it!).
