Imagine, if you will, a curse which makes you only able to recall the last three topics you have thought about. Also imagine that you live in a situation where nobody else you meet in person really gives a shit about leftist ideals the same way you do, and have a daily routine which is mostly staring at the television. Imagine trying to accomplish any self-improvement or even self-care while having no long-term memory beyond writing little sticky notes for yourself.

I'm not sure what to do here, since anything I can do to get in a better situation requires planning, and I cannot focus well enough to plan. Am I doomed to be a meat puppet controlled by fucking sloth demons or something?

    • jurassicneil [any]
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      2 years ago

      One example would be the spiral of negative emotions I felt when I thought I messed up or when someone would think less of me. The emotions would be intense and I'd be on a self-hate train. With CBT, I have become more aware of how those thoughts can lead to negative spirals and have been able to if not completely eliminate, then atleast mitigate the effects of those automatic thoughts that inevitably come. Helped a ton in managing my anger as well.

      And the crazy thing is, I didn't go to therapy for this. I just read a book on CBT and just doing that has given me amazing results. Not to mention all the improvements in my productivity from applying the other tools in the book.

        • jurassicneil [any]
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          2 years ago

          The Adult ADHD toolkit is the only book I've read on this and it has been very helful so far. Here is a link to download the book in either pdf or epub format.

          Just try to finish the finish the first 7 chapters. They're the most relevant imo.