ADHD

According Dr Thomas Brown we should think about inattentive ADHD as being like erectile dysfunction

yelling at yourself for not being aroused by a task doesn't help you perform

no amount of "well I really want to be into this and in theory I should be" will create the conditions needed to get the thing to work

clear intentions, lightly held ᐧ playful, feral free agent ᐧ I teach Alexander Technique, which helps you get out of your own way, at expandingawareness.org

drawing from the erectile dysfunction analogy, three strategies then come to mind

1) find ways to make the task more arousing, or arousing in a different way

2) identify any anxieties that may be present that are interfering with finding the arousing thing arousing and explore ways to turn them down

those strategies were mine, by the way, the video cut out so I don't know if he just went on to suggest meds or something

I also think this applies beyond diagnosed ADHD

I still don't think I have ADHD and yet I think all of these apply

here's the video I saw

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuCnhGFJ3bR/

3) stop overstimulating yourself in other ways such that the thing in front of you that would otherwise be arousing becomes arousing again

none of this is novel advice, but drawing the comparison makes it so much easier to notice why yelling at yourself isn't the way to go