• xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    6 months ago

    Exhaust your body - put on techno and dance, work out, do something physical that will get your blood pumping… it’s what helps me when I’m in that state.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      24·
      6 months ago

      Just a note to the non-ADHD lurkers (we love you guys) my understanding is that this is an ADHD specific thing where we need the come down from stimulation to “switch off” sometimes - I think it’s probably awful advice for neutotypical folks and will just flood you with endorphins that keep you awake.

      Also, as always, ADHD isn’t monolithic and your mileage may vary.

      • FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        6 months ago

        Ah wait this need for a “come down” from stimulation might explain a lot of things for me.

        If I’m coming down from a long day/walk/etc. the tiredness hits me, but if I don’t go to bed and fall asleep fast enough, even if I’m relaxing, then I will no longer be sleepy and will struggle to fall asleep.

        • monkeyman512@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          6 months ago

          I have found a couple things help me pretty reliably. Listen to something calming and repetitive like white noise or rain sounds. Then have a mundane thing to think about and focus on. I will visualize starting with a cube of wood and slowly cutting the edges and corners of to make a sphere. Or imagine I am cleaning a flow with methodic sweeping and mopping.

          • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
            4·
            6 months ago

            I play Solitaire on my phone with the screen really dim.

            I suspect it works because it’s just engaging enough to start, and then the mindless repitition sets in and slows things down.

  • xkforce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    There’s always a reason. Boredom, rumination or in my case last night, physical pain.