More seriously, ADHD, among others, is a working memory disorder. A way to cover this is to use “prosthetics” for it, such as a notepad that you always carry with you. If this affects you strongly, train your muscle memory to use it to note down what you were planning to do and to refer to it when you forgot.
In PC-speak, ADHDers have traded RAM for more CPU.
How does writing things down help when I don’t remember to read them back…?
That’s not what it feels like for me. I grew up basically getting the “what’s wrong with you? Just focus” treatment, so I always default to saying to myself “no, no, it’ll be okay, I’ll just try really super duper hard; I’m sure it’ll work this time.”
train your muscle memory to use it
Remember Sammy Jenkins.
I don’t need a notepad cause it’s ONLY 1 thing I need to remember. That is, till the next thing 5 minutes from now…
This app has been a lifesaver for me. It’s still taken time convince myself to use the damn thing, but the snoozable pop up in your face reminders has helped a ton!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=alarm.clock.calendar.reminder
Love that pc analogy! 🤣
