Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanodia
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The basic problem in ADHD is that we are overly extrinsically motivated.
So as long as that circuitry is active, how can I do something without deadlines?
As long as your brain is wired to respond to deadlines, you will never do anything on your own.
So then the question becomes, how do we deactivate it?
And that is where we have to literally stop being externally motivated.
So this is what's confusing for people.
They're like, how do I internally motivate?
How do I force myself to do this thing?
That's not the right thing.
What you want to do is shut off extrinsic motivation as best as you can.
So start to do more tasks for no reason whatsoever.
Start to do things.
Don't try to do this thing.
The thing that is important to you that you can't do without a deadline.
Don't try to do that without a deadline.
Start to do anything.
Without a deadline.
It doesn't matter what it is.
This is really confusing for people.
Because they're like... Like, I'll give you all a simple example.