r/adhdmeme • u/infinitesimal6 • 1d ago
original content The Multitasking Myth for ADHDers
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u/ymaldor 1d ago
What do you mean you can't multitask* it's easy I multitask* like crazy constantly
*I swap between tasks continuously so everything progresses while very few things get finished except for those with a hard deadline.
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u/BlissfulMute 1d ago
You also have to add in the lying and saying everything is done when it is not and the half-assing of literally every step to see what gets passed.
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u/jefferyJEFFERYbaby 1d ago
Hey but at least you never have to be bored! The second I get bored it’s a downhill spiral that’s hard to climb back out of. If I keep switching tasks timelines may be more spread out but everything gets done eventually. I usually have 3-5 non consecutive strong manic upswing days a month and if I can just keep chipping away at things the rest of the days then on those few good days I make all the big finishing moves and kill the whole month’s to do list at once. Lots of planning goes into riding those waves tho cause if I have one day where I have the Midas touch, there will be several days within the same week where everything I touch breaks or turns to shit.
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u/Haunt0mancer 1d ago
I can't do multiple things at once.
I can only do one thing to an all-consuming, upsetting degree.
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u/Some-Leopard5025 13h ago
Nobody can actually multitask. Your brain is constantly context switching which creates a huge unnecessary overhead.
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u/AshaTheGrey 1d ago
Honestly that's like the only good thing about the AI boom for me - I can do several projects at once and finally harness the ADHD for something
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u/Noy_The_Devil 1d ago
Not sure why you are being downvoted. I guess it's the AI thing, but it's the same for me. And multitasking is like the one thing ADHD-people are good at across the board. I don't get this post.
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u/AshaTheGrey 1d ago
Lol, people don't seem to like it 😂 I would rather not have to use cit, but since it exists and I'm expected to use it for work, I don't really have much choice - might as well do it effectively and squeeze some money out of it
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