Proto-List of Expressions

Proto-List of Mitigations

ADHD Expressions List

Subject to change; I've been adding items to the list to make sure I don't miss anything, and will trim/arrange/group when I switch to Expressions

1. EX0001 - Task Initiation: Difficulty starting tasks.
   1. EX0001.001 - Uninteresting Task Avoidance: Procrastinating tasks perceived as boring.
   2. EX0001.002 - Procrastination due to overwhelm: Procrastinating tasks perceived as challenging or overly complex.
   3. EX0001.003 - Task Prioritization Difficulty: Struggling with ordering tasks by importance.
   4. EX0001.004 - Procrastination by Optimization: Spending excessive time planning or optimizing systems for efficiency without actually executing tasks.
2. EX0002 - Difficulty Shifting Attention: Difficulty intentionally shifting attention from one (typically very rewarding) task to another less rewarding task.
   1. EX0002.001 - Hyperfocus: Intense concentration on a single activity or activity to the exclusion of others.
   2. EX0002.002 - Hyperfixation: Strong, prolonged focus on specific topics, tasks, or problems.
3. EX0003 - Task-Switching Distractibility: Losing track of the present task to pursue another task or activity.
   1. (Task.Swtc.001) Interrupted Task Completion: Frequently abandoning the current task to pursue another task or activity.
   2. Task.Swtc.002) Transition Forgetfulness: Forgetting current task while moving from one environment to another.
4. EX0004 - Task Completion: Difficulty completing tasks once they've been started.
   1. (Task.Cmpt.01) Long-term Project Completion: Difficulty taking projects from 95% to 100% completion.
   2. (Task.Cmpt.02) Routine Chore Completion: Difficulty completing the last step of routine or daily chores (e.g. folding laundry, wiping counter after cleaning kitchen, etc.)
   3. EX0004.003 - Cart Before Horse: Becoming overly invested in a specific aspect of a task or project before fully understanding the overall requirements, often resulting in unnecessary or wasted effort.
   4. (Task.Cmpt.04) Task Perfectionism: Feeling unable to complete a task because it isn’t “perfect” by personal standards, leading to delays or avoidance.
5. EX0005 - Mood swings: Experiencing frequent changes in mood.
   1. (Mood.Swng.01) Emotional Reactivity: Experiencing heightened responses to emotions.
   2. (Mood.Swng.02) Low frustration tolerance: Getting easily frustrated and having difficulty coping with setbacks.
   3. (Mood.Swng.03) Emotional Recovery: Struggling to regain composure after emotional disruptions.
   4. (Mood.Swng.04) Emotional Amplification: Experiencing emotions more intensely than neurotypical peers, which can lead to disproportionate reactions to minor events.
6. EX0006 - Night Owl Pattern: Staying active or awake well into the night.
7. EX0007 - Time Blindness: Difficulty perceiving the passage of time accurately.
   1. (Time.Blnd.01) Chronic Lateness: Often being late or forgetting important events because you are consumed with another task.
8. EX0008 - Spatial Awareness: Difficulty perceiving and understanding the positions and relationships of objects, including one's own body, within a given space.
9. EX0009 - Strong Inner Critic: Having a persistent, harsh internal critic.
   1. EX0009.001 - Self-Sabotage: Engaging in behaviors that undermine goals or efforts, often subconsciously, to avoid perceived risks or responsibilities.
10. EX0010 - Impulsivity: Acting or decision making without considering consequences.
    1. EX0010.001 - Over Commitment: Committing to obligations or tasks that you do not have the capacity to fulfill.
    2. (Impulsivity.01) Impulsive Purchases: Making spontaneous purchases without considering the budget.
    3. (Impulsivity.02) Blurting out responses: Answering questions or commenting before the other person finishes speaking.
11. EX0011 - Decision Fatigue: Poorer decision making after long periods of making decisions.
12. EX0012 - Anxiety: A heightened state of worry, fear, or unease, often in response to perceived threats or uncertainties, which can interfere with focus, decision-making, and daily activities.
    1. EX0012.001 - Rejection Dysphoria: Intense sensitivity and anxiety around perceived or actual rejection.
    2. EX0012.002 - Decision Anxiety: Avoiding making decisions possibly due to fear of negative outcomes, excessive deliberation, or overwhelm.
    3. (Axty.03) Social Anxiety: Intense fear or discomfort in social situations, often driven by concerns about judgment or rejection.
    4. (Axty.04) Performance Anxiety: Fear of failure or judgment when performing tasks or activities in front of others, such as speaking, testing, or presenting.
13. EX0013 - External Validation: Seeking approval, recognition, or reassurance from others to feel accomplished, worthy, or valued.
    1. (Ext.Val.01) People pleasing: The strong urge to please others, often at the expense of your own needs.
14. EX0014 - Doomscrolling: Spending an excessive amount of time on negative news or social media.
15. EX0015 - Dissociation:^[1] Disconnection from the present or the self.
    1. (Mild.Dscn.001) Daydreaming: Losing awareness of your surroundings while engaging in various thoughts.
    2. (Mild.Dscn.002) Zoning out: Becoming oblivious to your surroundings, especially often in socially inappropriate times (e.g., during conversation).
    3. (Mild.Dscn.003) Lost time: A sense of disorientation where one realizes a significant amount of time has passed without conscious awareness of how it was spent.
16. High distractibility: Being easily sidetracked by outside stimuli.
17. Difficulty maintaining conversations: Struggling to maintain engagement with discussions.
18. Misreading Social Cues: Having difficulty interpreting social interactions correctly.
19. Talking excessively: Over-engaging in conversations without noticing when to stop.
    1. (Talk.Excs.01) Over-Explaining: A tendency to provide excessive detail or background information when communicating.
20. Overstimulation: Being overwhelmed by too much sensory input.
21. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Forgetting about things not currently visible.
    1. (Sigt.Mind.01) Losing things: Frequently misplacing everyday items.
    2. (Sigt.Mind.02) Forgetting objects when leaving a space: Forgetting to bring things with you when leaving a space (e.g. keys, jacket, mail, coupons, etc.).
22. Hypersensitivity to Stimuli: Specific stimuli bother you all the time, regardless of context.
23. Racing thoughts: Rapid and continuous flow of thoughts.
24. Restlessness: Feeling the need to move constantly, fidgeting, or inability to stay still.
25. Perfectionism: Setting unrealistically high standards and being overly critical of own work.
26. Seeking novelty: Constantly looking for new and exciting experiences.
27. Analysis Paralysis: Struggling to make choices due to overanalyzing options.
28. Working Memory Problems:^[2] Issues with holding information temporarily for use.
29. Hoarding: Compulsively saving things of perceived value.
30. Crisis Productivity: A pattern of working most effectively or creatively during moments of crisis, such as when a deadline is imminent.
31. Stimulus-Seeking Behavior: Actively seeking out sensory or intellectual stimulation, such as engaging with social media, gaming, or loud environments, often to counter boredom or under-stimulation.
32. Difficulty Letting Go: Struggling to abandon a task, argument, or situation even when it is no longer productive or necessary.
33. Chronic Cognition Suppression: Using background audio or stimuli to suppress DMN and background thought processing.
34. Chronic Multi-Tasking: Performing two or more tasks at the same time, often to the detriment of the final result of each task.

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