Cognitive Overload. The ND Shutdown. ⛔️

I've been away because I tried to do too many things all at once, and as a result, I crashed.

Just to say, these were not bad things. Just normal stuff, life stuff, business stuff, everything all in one go, but now I know it was too many things.

And if you're ND, you'll know exactly what that means.

It's not that you stopped caring. It's just that your brain reaches that moment where it hits capacity, and the only way forward is to go dark.

Most people can't explain it, but most of us have felt it, without ever knowing what to call it, but now you do.. 👇

That's cognitive overload.

And for neurodivergent brains it doesn't just slow you down, it shuts you down completely.

So here's what happened to me.

Three businesses.

Too many plates.

All spinning.

None of them properly.

And the moment I recognised the pattern, that "chasing the next shiny thing was the reason that the current thing got difficult, confusing, frustrating, annoying, I knew that I had to make a decision.

So, this is what I've done.

One thing. Right now.

NeuThinking.

Not forever. Just for now.

Has anyone else hit the ND shutdown, and if you have, what brought you back?

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Cognitive Overload. The ND Shutdown. ⛔️