Underwhelmed by ordinary life and perpetually exhausted by the effort of engaging? Here’s what you need to understand before any advice lands: dopamine rewards anticipation.
The brain releases it when something novel, urgent, or emotionally charged appears on the horizon. A person with ADHD can hyperfocus for six hours on something interesting and forget to eat, then stare at a one-page form for three days.
The form has no horizon, nothing is coming, work with that. Here’s how:
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