What are your go-to strategies to manage Time Blindness?

I’m trying to build something genuinely useful for ADHD brains in my country — in Czech, not English. Few weeks ago, I put out a survey and offered people the chance to connect with me for one-on-one online conversations about ADHD. Today I had my first call with someone from that survey, and honestly? I loved it. There were so many moments where I completely understood what she meant. She talked about constantly losing and forgetting things — one of those “classic ADHD” struggles that doesn’t hit me as hard personally. But the truth is, I’m aware that in my case it’s probably overcompensation. I check everything seven times: keys in pocket, phone in bag, car lights on. My brain basically runs on manual verification mode. One thing she mentioned really stuck with me though: the lack of understanding from people around her. Even her boyfriend thinks adult ADHD isn’t real. And I run into the same thing online all the time. Whenever I post about ADHD on Threads, there’s usually at least one comment along the lines of: “Yeah right, another person blaming ADHD for everything.” I was also at a lecture recently where the speaker made one of those jokes: “Nowadays everyone has ADHD, right?” And honestly, I couldn’t even tell whether he was mocking people like us… or reacting to the flood of trendy self-diagnosed content where someone jokes about forgetting the trash outside because they saw a squirrel on the way back in. The weird thing is: in the Czech Republic, a book about women with ADHD recently won the biggest and most prestigious literary award in the nonfiction category. Awareness is growing. And yet there are still so many people who think ADHD is either fake, overdiagnosed, or just “little hyper boys climbing chandeliers. ”The rise of “fake ADHD” influencer content really isn’t helping either. Have you experienced this too? How do you deal with being labeled — directly or indirectly — as lazy, irresponsible, or someone who’s “just making excuses”? And honestly… how do we get actual ADHD awareness outside the ADHD bubble? Because even if I start making YouTube videos, the algorithm will mostly push them toward people already interested in ADHD — not the people dismissing it in the first place.

This is the first community I joined when I joined Skool back at the end of October. Which feels so far away now! I am a therapist with ADHD and my speciality is ADHD. I joined Skool originally to host my course on ADHD. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I can say that I found a community. I've already made so many great friends on here. Over the last few months, I've been focused on learning Skool and navigating community building. I am a therapist and educator first and an entrepreneur second. It's a bit of a learning curve, but I am slowly figuring it out. During this time, I was withdrawn from most of the communities I joined. I am making an effort to increase my activity in other communities. So you will see me posting more in here. I am all about ADHD Neuroscience, understanding ADHD patterns, and giving people facts and real life strategies that they can use to better manage their ADHD. I truly believe that if you can understand the Why behind ADHD that is the first step to improving symptoms of ADHD. Please reach out with any questions - I am always happy to help!

Watched a client this week and noticed a pattern that's worth naming. He's letting a retainer client steamroll his scope. He's also dealing with two ongoing disputes he can't seem to close out. He's also not sleeping enough, eating like garbage, and skipping his morning routine. That looks like four different problems. It's not. It's the same problem wearing four costumes. If your boundaries leak in one place, they leak everywhere. The version of you that lets a client walk all over your scope is the same version that lets the contractor cut corners, lets the landlord short the deposit, lets yourself skip the workout you said mattered. The good news: This works in reverse, too. Hold the line in one place and it gets easier to hold everywhere. Boundaries are a muscle, not a rule. Pick one place you're going to hold the line this week. Just one. Could be a client conversation. Could be a "no" you've been avoiding. Could be "I'm shutting down at 7pm whether or not the work is done." What's yours? Drop your one line in the comments.

I want to share a bit about what I've learned. - ADHD brains don't track time like neurotypical brains. Time for us is not linear. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄. - 𝗪𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. What does this mean? We base decisions on how long something will take by the way it makes us feel. If a task 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 hard, we think that it will take a long time. If a task 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 easy, we think we will get it done super fast. This is why we avoid some tasks for extended periods of time, only to do the task and be surprised how fast we got it done. Or the opposite - we dive into the "easy" task and it ends up taking a long time and throws off our whole day. - This makes it hard for us to estimate how long something will take. We either over-estimate or under-estimate. This information has me reflecting on my experience with time over the years. I can see the pattern clearly now that I understand it. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁! I am curious. What are your thoughts and experiences with time?