ADHD with Jenna Free EP. 12: Our Obsession With Efficiency - Why ADHD Brains Need Sustainability Over Speed | ADHD with Jenna Free
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Jun 16, 2025 Discover the intriguing struggle of ADHD minds grappling with the obsession for efficiency. Explore how this fixation can lead to guilt and shame, trapping individuals in a survival mode start-stop cycle. Learn why a shift from speed to sustainability fosters gradual progress over perfectionism. Hear how even small actions can be valuable and why balancing your daily tasks is crucial for maintaining energy. Embrace the idea that life is a long journey, and sustainable rhythms are the key to a fulfilled ADHD experience.
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Perfectionism Costs Action
- Perfectionist planning to make tasks efficient often replaces action and increases delay.
- Jenna Free explains that survival-mode perfectionism protects us but undermines execution.
Do One Errand At A Time
- Do one manageable errand now instead of waiting to do all five at once; incremental progress accumulates.
- Jenna Free recommends doing small tasks over time to avoid paralysis and eventually finish everything.
Start‑Stop Cycle Drives Urgent Efficiency
- Survival mode fuels an all-or-nothing cycle of frantic bursts then crashes that demand efficiency to compensate.
- That pressure makes each burst feel like it must be huge, which perpetuates dysregulation.