Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanodia

You underestimated by 50%.

The next day, you overestimate by 50%.

The next day, you underestimate by 25%.

The next day, you overestimate by 25%.

So as long as you continue feeding the thalamus...

right, again and again and again, your estimates will improve over time.

And this is what neurotypical people do on their own because the suprachiasmatic nucleus is doing it for them.

They don't need this external scaffolding, okay?

Now, the second thing that we need to talk about, so remember we said that a healthy relationship with time involves some amount of internal clock and some amount of external clock.

So if I'm neurotypical, you know, my brain can keep track of some things and I need to use an alarm some.

If you've got ADHD, your internal clock is going to be impaired, but your sensory sensitivity is going to be higher.

And so we're going to have to rely on external time signals, external trackers of time to help us out.

So this is where calendars, reminders, you know, I use alarms all the time.

Like even when I'm like procrastinating, I'll use an alarm.

So I have a 20 minute timer set on my phone.

That's my procrastination timer.

So I'll set it like if I'm if I want to play like, you know, a video game for 20 more minutes, like I'm saying playing Elden Ring.

So literally what I'll do is like I'll set a 20 minute timer and I'll be like, OK, I should start working now, but I'm going to set a 20 minute timer and then 20 minutes rolls around.

I'm like, OK, like that's enough.

Like I really think about it when you're like procrastinating.