Can you relate? - lesson 23 Disclaimer: All my content is based on my own experience and/or research/observations from licensed professionals. Just because you do these things, doesn’t necessarily mean you have ADHD. ADHD behaviours are not exclusive to ADHD. If you think you might have it, please look to get officially diagnosed by a professional. #adhd #adhdmemes #adhdproblems #adhdsupport #adhdwomen #adhdlife #adhdtips #adhdadult #adhdexplained #adhdstruggles #adhdhacks #adhdtips #adhdtiktok #adhdinwomen #adhdsupport #adhdsupport #adhdsquad If you have ADHD, you may often work yourself to exhaustion in order to mask your symptoms and compensate for fear of failure. You have these restless nights where, once you close your eyes, everything that still needs to be done at work goes through your head and even though this leads to you not forgetting and helps to achieve remarakble success, life somehow feels hollow and rushed. You snap more easily, binge eat more food and live to work, instead of work to live. Day after day you wake up exhausted, fighting against yourself which is when the mental, emotional and physical exhaustion sets in. This is when I had to learn the power behind taking the right kind of breaks. I realized that I’m an anxious overachiever who’s brain is very difficult to shut off and that work-life balance works different for ADHD because, whether its a longer holiday or just a matter of hours, you need to make sure to give your brain new, exciting escapes besides work, daily. Taking hikes, experiencing new cultures or diving into thrilling, new books or series, you need something of high interest so you can quickly change lanes and delete worrying thoughts. I no longer check my work 1 hour after waking up or after 5 or 6pm and take a short holiday to someplace new every few months which has given me back perspective and energy.