Things You Need to Know About Overwhelm and ADHD

Holiday Overwhelm

Problems with executive function, a tendency to say yes to anything new, poor time management, and a helpful personality can lead to over-promising, over-committing, and overwhelm. Rick provides points to ponder and potential solutions.

29 Things to Know About Holiday Overwhelm

1. overwhelm is a big problem for adults with ADHD.

2. overwhelm can become a huge obstacle in life

3. it’s an even bigger challenge during the holidays

4. being overwhelmed by holiday commitments and obligations can be paralyzing

5. it can leave you disheartened and stressed

6. overwhelm can cause resignation or even anger

7. it can totally sabotage your holidays

8. it can impact everyone around you as well

9. it’s really hard to see how to manage it

10. it’s chronically impairing for people with ADHD

11. it’s impairing for other people too

12. it’s a big problem for entrepreneurs

13. it’s nothing to laugh at

14. it can wreck your personal life and social activities

15. overwhelm as a result of not being able to say no

16. people with ADHD are excited by novelty and say yes to everything

17. then we don’t want to let people down

18. it’s only later when we realize what we’ve committed to that the overwhelm hits

19. enthusiasm is fine but it needs to be tempered with reality

20. being able to pause and think about things is a problem with ADHD

21. it’s worse if you have believe that you have to do everything yourself

22. people with ADHD often have poor time management skills

23. that can lead to over-promising

24. it’s a thin line between having a lot on-the-go and being overwhelmed

25. having lots on the go wakes up the ADHD brain

26. many adults with ADHD multitask or do a dozen things at once

27. overwhelm is often the result of over-promising

how many did I say I was gonna do?

28. feelings of overwhelm are often driven by setting expectations too high and I’m

29. you should only promise what you’re sure you can actually do and deliver

like I do

For more videos about ADHD and The Holidays see:

• A Talky New Years
• ‘Twas the Night Before an ADHD Christmas
• Paper Snowflakes
• Holiday Shopping and ADHD

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