Ask HN: Recovering from a Nosedive

Ask HN: Recovering from a Nosedive
3 by anonthrow | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Get your but also bring some empathy please. I have ADHD and it’s always been an issue. Do your taxes. Pay your bills. The list of things I have failed at my entire life is monstrous. I have failed my way to amazing engineering jobs and then failed out. Either by way of being managed out or by leaving before things got too bad. There was a time when I was fine with this. But now, with a family, I am having some real regrets. I have trained myself to be OK with procrastination in the moment. Always ready to be angry at myself afterword. I am now so self-critical that I get caught in worry loops that keep me doing nothing productive. I started seeing a therapist but it’s just embarrassing to fully say how I feel things are going and how deep this dysfunction actually goes. At this point my therapist is like a paid buddy who hears me vent. He offers many solutions I try but never stick to. I need to break this cycle and I need ideas.

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