Executive Function Disorder

Well it started last night, I felt the drain of wanting to do anything. I had a lot of things I wanted and needed to get done but my mind and body decided “Eh, Not today”.

I was fortunate to finally decide on what to make myself for dinner. I made one of my “Start, Wait and Eat” meals. (Meals with very minimal prep, thrown in oven or microwave, and decent enough to eat.) Last night, it was Frozen salmon with Roasted Broccoli and rice. Throw salmon and broccoli in oven and wait 30 ish minutes, done. Rice is just the Minute white rice, quick and easy.

With that out of the way I just felt (using the spoon theory for analogy), I had very few spoons lately.

Besides dinner and eating, I needed to mow the yards (3 weeks overdue), I wanted to give my mother a call (month overdue), needed to keep up on laundry, clean kitchen and run dishwasher, clean bathrooms, work on mower and I wanted to write a couple posts for this blog, etc.

I wouldn’t say that I was feeling overwhelmed, these tasks are the normal things I try to get done in a week. I was just lacking the interest to do so.

These are the moments when we get called lazy, lacking motivation and drive. Its not that I’m lazy, I know what I need to do but I also realize, in that moment, I know I’m not doing it. My mind and body cannot sync together to get the task done, instead they both sit and watch the tasks not get done. I hope that makes sense.

Let me know how you experience executive disfunction within your life, in the comments below.

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For the best description and examples of executive function deficit disorder (EFDD). Please check out this article on ADDitude.com written by non other than Russell Barkley, Ph.D.

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