I don’t know if this is an ADHD thing or just not liking being told what to do (perhaps some of Column A, little of Column B), but god did I hate reading when I was made to in school. I’ll spend hours reading Wikipedia articles on some niche shit. I’ve spent plenty of time reading books I liked on my own time. But meeting my Accelerated Reader points goals was always a slog, and I’ve grown to really resent the system.
Demand avoidance is a very common symptom of ADHD. If someone tells me I need to do something it instantly becomes very difficult to accomplish, no matter how much I myself want it done as well.
It’s such a pain in the ass. Back in the day, after years of not being able to get me to help with the cleaning, my mom finally gave up and said “if you would like to help me clean the apartment I’d really appreciate it…”. Guess who started cleaning right away. Removing the demand made all the difference. Stupid brain.
Somehow like when school gave me book reading assignments. It was such a pain, I can read while actually paying zero attention to it. I’m a master.
I don’t know if this is an ADHD thing or just not liking being told what to do (perhaps some of Column A, little of Column B), but god did I hate reading when I was made to in school. I’ll spend hours reading Wikipedia articles on some niche shit. I’ve spent plenty of time reading books I liked on my own time. But meeting my Accelerated Reader points goals was always a slog, and I’ve grown to really resent the system.
Demand avoidance is a very common symptom of ADHD. If someone tells me I need to do something it instantly becomes very difficult to accomplish, no matter how much I myself want it done as well.
It’s such a pain in the ass. Back in the day, after years of not being able to get me to help with the cleaning, my mom finally gave up and said “if you would like to help me clean the apartment I’d really appreciate it…”. Guess who started cleaning right away. Removing the demand made all the difference. Stupid brain.