Comment on How do you know if you have a Habit?
monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Not sure if you are per se, but this is a commonly felt sentiment in the neurodivergent community. Especially ADHD and Autistic peeps.
Comment on How do you know if you have a Habit?
monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Not sure if you are per se, but this is a commonly felt sentiment in the neurodivergent community. Especially ADHD and Autistic peeps.
Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Yeah, that, might be the reason I I fell lost about what a Habit is. I’ve been ridding on the question of trying to understand myself better for the past few months. I stopped thinking about it for a while waiting for the moment I could go see a professional and get an official thing, because I was also scared that trying to look too much into it I don’t want to “take, or push back” certain traits of myself to enter in a certain “shape” of people. But recently a person told me I should try to use a calendar to work on and create habits and the question of habits has been turning around in my head
monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Ok well if you are neurodivergent, a couple things:
Autism self diagnosis is valid if you do your research. University of WA recently did a study that figured that out.
ADHD typically needs a diagnosis from a professional to be sure, but it’s not super hard to guess if you have it. Some symptoms of ADHD can be caused by other conditions (anxiety especially) so navigate that one with caution.
If you are neurodivergent, typically the answer is routines rather than habits. I find them much easier to implement. Just decide the task you want to make into a routine, decide the steps you want to do it in, and then decide to always do it that way, or at least until you want to optimize or tweak it. A simple routine I do is “keys, wallet, phone, ear buds” while tapping my pockets on the way out of the door.
Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Thank you for those words. I’m waiting to finally go back to my country and stay there long enough to have the time to see someone and get to know myself more definitely to just have that answer in my life
monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Good luck on your travels! The road to enlightenment is lifelong, not a race. I wish you the best!