Word of the....year: Executive Dysfunction
Executive Dysfunction This is the term for when you have a task to do, and you see this need, and you may know the steps you need to take, and it's not like you don't know how- but you just. can't. start. Once or two instances of this happening isn't necessarily going to be the worst thing, but when it keeps happening and the mental to-do starts avalanching on top of you... it becomes hard to do anything. By itself it isn't a diagnosis (according to my understanding #not a professional, just a random person), but it is a symptom that can be brought to the issues party by things like depression, anxiety, and cptsd, among a whole host of others. Personally, my mental critic is so harsh that I normally keep on top of school in an anxiety fueled obsessive way. However, executive dysfunction starts to show up with things like doing the dishes, household chores, feeding myself/ self care in general, actually giving myself a break from the obsessive school mindset to do ...