Another fun (and productive 😉) co-working session this morning with @Sarah Hyland @Verena Venus @Brian Cappy Cappello and @Vanessa Hair (Vanessa missed the photo 😢) If you work better with a body double (it's an ADHD thing! 😆) feel free to join us every morning at 11am UK time (check the calendar for your local time) You get work done and you laugh a little!

Hey All. I joined in November but haven't been very active, til NOW! I joined from another community upon the man/myth/legend @Brian Diep's insistence, and just released a podcast w/another legend you may know, @Bill Widmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaIV7a2cUPk&t=1683s (also on audio but here you can see our pretty faces). My podcast is about recovery, and uncovering my ADHD has been such a big part of that I can't stop doing episodes on it. My family thought I was a crazy jerk my whole life (especially for being chronically late) so I like to joke they all owe me/us and apology (and I'm now borderline punctual!). I'm out to educate the world and eradicate the stigma behind addiction and ADHD. DM me if interested in being a guest.

For me it's pen twirling 🤓 What about you? Any party trick skills here?

DAVE https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXCp4PgDrx7/?igsh=dGg0NmxsYnU5Mzdu

Task initiation is one of the most misunderstood ADHD experiences. You know exactly what needs to be done. You want to do it. But your body won't move. You sit there, fully aware, and nothing starts. That's a neurological activation problem. Task initiation requires dopamine to activate the part of your brain that turns intention into action. In ADHD brains, dopamine is irregular. It doesn't fire reliably for tasks that feel routine or emotionally flat. Without that signal, the brain doesn't activate. No matter how much you want it to. Willpower doesn't fix this. The signal isn't there. Three things that actually help: - Change your body state first. Movement, cold water, music with a beat. Two minutes shifts your nervous system enough to create an opening. - Remove the decision. Write down the single first physical action for tasks you regularly avoid. Not the goal, just the first movement. When your brain doesn't have to generate the first step under pressure, starting becomes possible. - Use body doubling. Another person present, even on video, provides enough external stimulation to shift your dopamine. This is how your nervous system works. The wall you hit before starting isn't a character flaw. It's your brain waiting for the right signal.