I try really hard to make earlier in the day appointments now because of this. Of course once the appointment or whatever it is is done I still don’t do anything else with the day because you know what? All that waiting was exhausting and now I’m spent.
I’ve been waiting all day today and yesterday for an ikea order that is allegedly arriving yesterday. I want/need to do other things, but I can’t help but curl up in bed paralysed stuck in waiting mode.
Actually starting to lose my sanity over here.
Totally get this. No idea why this is. I just feel like I can’t start anything and I am just waiting until the meeting. And everything after the meeting is shot too because then I’ll be at work until like 7-8 pm because I’ll just hyperfocus and not realize how late it is.
Is this really an ADHD thing? I’m not diagnosed but I do this constantly. Visiting parents in the evening? Day gone. Errands that will only take me an hour? Day is gone so I guess I’ll play video games or something I can hop out of at any time since my day is over.
For me at least, it’s that I can’t do anything of substance until the scheduled thing is over. I can’t even start the video game while waiting because I’m worried I’ll get too engrossed and forget about the thing I have to go to later.
I left work at noon for what I thought was a 1345 appointment an hour away. Turns out I needed to leave before 1345 for what was actually a 1445 appointment. I feel this hard. Day wasted.