Living with ADHD or even if you don't have ADHD being chronically unmotivated,

can be really tough. And in today's podcast, we're going to share top tips returning struggles

into superpowers.

Hey, cutterbugs and welcome back to the clutter bug podcast. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was

40 years old and it explains like so much about my life, my entire life. I've been really

impulsive, very hyperactive, forgetful, easily distracted, pretty much all the textbook symptoms

of ADHD, but I always just assumed I was lazy and I was undisciplined. I really struggled in school,

I struggled to pay attention, I struggled to get good grades, I struggled to not distract all of

my classmates around myself, and I think the biggest thing I struggled with was self-esteem,

always thinking that there was something really wrong. And because of all these issues I had

related to my ADHD, I was very unmotivated in life, very messy, very disorganized, and I struggled

with just day-to-day living executive function. I didn't know it was even called that back then,

but even if you don't have ADHD, sometimes when you're feeling very overwhelmed, when you're busy,

when your life is chaotic, it can really mimic these ADHD symptoms. A lot of experts actually

refer to ADHD as motivation disorder, and that's because the part of the brain that controls

executive function is smaller and it's less developed in people who have ADHD, and that's the

part of the brain that controls things like your impulse control, working memory, delaying

gratification, all of your planning and time management, but this is also the part of the brain

that can be affected when we're under a lot of stress, when we're feeling overwhelmed and exhausted,

when we're sleep deprived. And these are the things that we pretty much need to be like a successful

adult, right? We need all of these parts of our brain to be working. People with ADHD also have

lower levels of dopamine receptors, which means we get less satisfaction and happiness

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