ADDitude's latest survey found that months of living through an isolating, uncertain pandemic — compounded by gruesome reminders of pervasive racism and nationwide protests for justice and police reform — has led to almost universal overwhelm & exhaustion.
The ADHD brain feels emotions to the extreme. Worry becomes crippling anxiety in a blink. Frustration triggers red hot anger. And months of living through an isolating, uncertain pandemic — compounded by gruesome reminders of pervasive racism and nationwide protests for justice and police reform — leads to almost universal overwhelm and exhaustion.
“Coronavirus is still a big concern, but I’m more immediately scared about police brutality toward loved ones,” wrote one reader in California with ADHD and OCD. “I’m also scared that people are forgetting about coronavirus and not taking enough precautions.” “The days feel surreal, as if time doesn’t matter,” wrote one mother of teens with ADHD and anxiety in Texas. “The lockdown routine is both stressful and utterly boring. The ‘opening up’ of the economy feels wrong without testing, tracing, isolation, and a vaccine, albeit people cannot afford to wait forever. It is so disorienting to not have good guidance on how to navigate this ‘in between’ situation in order to establish some semblance of a healthy routine.
“The relief from daily stress is lovely, but it also replaced by anxiety around our area’s return to school, which was disorganized at best,” wrote one essential employee with a 10- and 7-year-old returning to school. “We are supposed to return to normal life without any real normalcy.”bootcamp experience while also preparing for multiple less-than-ideal scenarios for the Fall. Educators are feeling particularly overwhelmed and saddened by the losses ushered in by coronavirus.
“One day I woke up at 5pm,” wrote one young woman in Canada with ADHD and anxiety. “That’s part of s whole bigger picture that involves unresolved chronic fatigue , executive dysfunction resulting in unintentionally staying up until all hours , and a lack of purpose. My anxiety has been getting worse. There’s no one lowest moment really, just the general struggle with almost every part of living as a functioning human.
“I feel like a walking failure, especially with regard to time management and domestic chores,” wrote a woman with depression. “Hating that my house is a mess. Feeling desperate, in crisis, and feeling guilty for staying in front of the computer until late at night instead of taking time to sleep and rest.”
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