Catie and Erik's Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure

CW: This is a particularly vulnerable episode, especially towards the end. Impulsive decision-making is a hallmark of the ADHD brain. However, the grown-up reality is that sometimes, impulsive decisions affect more than just you. Sometimes, impulsive decisions can hurt others. In this episode, Cate and Erik sit down to discuss what happens when you make a mistake, when you rush into the "yes", when you overcommit or rush into something before doing your due diligence, and what effect that can have emotionally when the repercussions of those rash decisions come back to remind you of your previous shortcomings. Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catieosaurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com Get your own podcast by visiting anchor.fm

In this episode, Erik sits down with Astrid Lundberg, aka @oddpride, Tiktok's anthropology and evolution enthusiast and dispenser of hot fresh knowledge for your brain. Also she's a composer because her talents know no bounds. Erik and Astrid enjoy what Erik is insist I type as "illuminating discourse" about life, evil and the nature of what it means to be human. Support Infinite Quest at: www.patreon.com/infinitequest Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude @oddpride We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catieosaurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com Get your own podcast by visiting anchor.fm

On this episode of Infinite Quest, Cate hosts a very special guest- her actual, real-life sister who continues to be much funnier than her. Fruitsnack Nation, meet Lillian Schreiner. Cate and Lillian discuss what it's like to have a sister, trade thoughts about medication and mental illness, and generally fuck around for the duration of the podcast. We discuss our career goals for the future and also Lillian delivers at LEAST 7 good dunks on Cate. There's some good stuff in there, but also sometimes, it's nice to just hang out with someone you love. Lillian Schriener is currently finishing an MA in Germanic Studies. She currenly works as a TA for her university's Germanic Studies dept. Her goal is to go into Academic Advising in a university's pre-health department. Hey. If you're still here in our show notes, we have a favor to ask you- send this podcast to one person who you think might enjoy it. One of the best ways to help support Infinite Quest is by simply letting other people know we exist-- and that, my friend, is FREE. Support Infinite Quest at: www.patreon.com/infinitequest Follow Lillian for top-tier content like pictures of her cat and whatever the hell else her two braincells come up with when they happen to rub together @sweetbbygsus @schreinpup Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catieosaurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com Get your own podcast by visiting anchor.fm

In this episode, Cate and Erik take on TIME ITSELF...well, at least as it relates to the experience of living with adult ADHD. They discuss some of the science and studies that have been done about the phenomenon of time perception and ADHD, and share more about their own frustrations and experiences of how time often exists and then suddenly doesn't. They also absolutely massacre the Patreon Song so sorry in advance this week. Hey. If you're still here in our show notes, we have a favor to ask you- send this podcast to one person who you think might enjoy it. One of the best ways to help support Infinite Quest is by simply letting other people know we exist-- and that, my friend, is FREE. Support Infinite Quest at: www.patreon.com/infinitequest Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catieosaurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com Get your own podcast by visiting anchor.fm

In this episode, Cate and Erik answer a FANTASTIC question from listener "Carol", who asks: "Am I being lazy for saving my energy?". They discuss the finer nuances of what makes laziness....lazy, and listeners will learn a WEIRD amount about toilet paper rolls in Cate's house. Cate and Erik discuss the challenges of executive disfunction, task interruption and the cognitive dissonance of our brains turning day-to-day tasks into monumental, impossible obstacles. Stick around to the end of the episode, they have some important announcements about Infinite Quest! Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catieosaurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com Get your own podcast by visiting anchor.fm

In this episode, Cate decides to completely change the plan last minute, and Erik saves the day. They discuss the new DSM, the struggles of ADHD and the intersection between interoception and alexithymia, and what it's like to struggle to not only FEEL, but feel what you're feeling...while you're feeling other feelings. (Also just a note for everyone: we are having some issues with the video uploader, so head on over to youtube.com/infinitequest if you want to see this week's episodes video-style. Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catieosaurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com Get your own podcast by visiting anchor.fm

Oh gosh oh gee it's the FIRST EVER VIDEO PODCAST (if you're listening on Spotify).  In this episode, Cate and Erik sit down to discuss the 4th DSM criteria for ADHD but instead, Cate has a vulnerable ADHD moment. They discuss the frustration of losing a train of thought, of the inherent judgement often associated with completing tasks, and spend a weird amount of time talking about squirrel-based irony. If you liked this video version of the podcast, don't forget to email us at ask@infinitequestpodcast.com and let us know what you think!  Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catieosaurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com Get your own podcast by visiting anchor.fm

in this episode, Cate and Erik look at the 3rd DSM criteria "Often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly". We discuss the difference between internal versus external symptoms, and how what LOOKS like not paying attention often times is exactly the opposite- ADHDers paying attention REALLY HARD, and how frustrating it is to be told you're "doing it wrong'. Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catieosaurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com Get your own podcast by visiting anchor.fm

In this episode, Cate and Erik look at the second diagnostic criteria from the DSM-V "often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities" and they have some *feelings* about it. They discuss the often frustrating phenomenon of being judged externally for what is going on internally, and that we all pay attention - and play - in different ways. Also Cate teaches Erik how to put on lip gloss. Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catieosaurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com Get your own podcast by visiting anchor.fm

In this episode, Cate and Erik begin their new series on discussing the diagnostic criteria for ADHD and Cate immediately gets hung up on the linguistic implications of the word "careless". They talk about their relationships to mistakes, but careless and non, and how mistakes aren't necessarily a part of ADHD life in the ways you might expect. Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catie0saurus https://ww.twitch.tv/heygude Cool new listener email: ask@infinitequestpodcast.com Media/Business Email: infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com Find all of our links and cool stuff at: www.infinitequestpodcast.com