Struggling to work
Hi all! I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to actually get work done with AuDHD.
I’m self-employed and repair computers and iPads, which is also my special interest, so I genuinely love what I do. But for the past few months I’ve really been struggling to get anything done. I can sit on my phone for hours scrolling. To combat it I even use an NFC tag to block apps, but then I just end up reading random stuff on the internet instead of working.
Sometimes I’ll sit at my desk knowing exactly what I need to do, but then my brain fixates on something bad happening and I end up panicking instead. Other times it feels like I physically can’t start, almost like my brain has decided “not today,” which then causes even more anxiety because I have deadlines and customers waiting.
It’s honestly exhausting because I love my job and want to do well, I just feel completely stuck at the moment.
Posted May 7, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC