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On a bad day I will wake up energized and motivated, eat breakfast make plans and suddenly my mood turns exhausted and I decide to do nothing the whole day or be miserable I have to get out of the house.
Like WTF?
I don’t say that, especially not in response to someone sharing something that’s upsetting them, but it feels like there’s a connection for me at least. I’m an American immigrant in Germany and there’s a huge cultural difference in both mood (unrelated to things like depression or anxiety) and optimism between the two countries. I tried to adjust how I talk about my expectations to better fit in for a while, but it was stressing me the fuck out. When I stopped verbalizing negative expectations as much (I still do express pessimism, but only about things that I’m actually pessimistic about), I experienced fewer of them. I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me, choosing to express happiness created more happiness and choosing to express doubt created more doubt.
Friend, this is an ADHD community. Not a, “have you tried changing your outlook” community.
Which is why I’m sharing a coping skill that works for me.
There’s a trick but it can cause fugue states.
I would love nothing more than to check out from reality. Please tell me how.
(It’s psychedelics, isn’t it. Been there, done that.)
Oh. Not my experience with those. But if they count; two tricks.
Well are you going to share them with me or not?
