Dr. Stephanie Sarkis

So it really hinders how people live their lives.

And so one of the things you can do is do adaptations, block schedule your calendar.

Also use timers.

Have a partner or friend that checks in with you to let you know, hey, are you going to that thing in five minutes?

You probably got to leave now.

And also, if you think that this is a sign of other things, like if you're having other brain issues, like difficulty with remembering things, difficulty with motivation, difficulty with anxiety, it may be worth talking to a mental health clinician to get an evaluation.

That's part of it.

And ADHD also, again, has to do with the executive functions of the frontal lobe.

So that means an issue with motivation, difficulty with time estimation, regulating your mood.

So it's part of a cluster of different symptoms.

A lot of shame.

Yep.

A lot of shame because people are treated differently.

They're treated differently by friends and family.

They're being told that, well, you don't really care about me because you didn't show up on time.

And this is a person that really makes every effort to try to be on time, but it just doesn't happen.

And sometimes they don't know why it's happening.

They know that they have a hard time estimating time, but it's made such a huge impact in their relationships.

It's even led to relationship breakups.

Yeah, it can be tied to social anxiety and other types of anxiety.