HealthyGamerGG Time Blindness & Why You Keep Being Late
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Sep 27, 2025 Dr. Michaela Thorderson, a skills-building specialist in neurodiversity, discusses the challenges of time blindness in ADHD. She shares insights on how individuals misjudge task durations, leading to procrastination and chronic lateness. Dr. Michaela highlights practical tools like timers and calendars to improve time management. She emphasizes breaking tasks into manageable increments and adding 'distraction cushions' to routines. The conversation reframes lateness as a solvable issue, offering listeners effective strategies to enhance punctuality.
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Time Blindness Drives ADHD Problems
- Time blindness in ADHD is a core deficit that undermines planning, punctuality, and follow-through.
- Fixing time estimation restores planning and reduces downstream problems like procrastination and relationship strain.
No Internal Estimate Means No Plan
- ADHD brains lack reliable time estimates, so planning becomes impossible without external help.
- This inability to estimate future task duration explains chronic lateness and failed commitments.
Internal Clock + External Reminders
- Healthy time management blends an internal clock and external reminders like alarms and calendars.
- ADHD impairs the internal clock, so external scaffolds must compensate more heavily.