sonnek avatar
sonnek
35
3 months ago

WHO else knows ADHD and Christmas struggles? ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿซฃ

Just wrote this (pic bc couldnโ€™t copy text, sorry) on our team chat and decided to make it a post โ˜บ๏ธ. Who else does experience Christmas as an ADHD struggle peak and why? Would love to hear your stories ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽ„

WHO else knows ADHD and Christmas struggles? ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿซฃ
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emillafilipowi
1mo

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fAmDiHlDy avatar
fAmDiHlDy
2mo

I feel so much lighter since i stopped celebrating it ๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

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emillafilipowi
1mo

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ewingo avatar
ewingo
2mo

Omg I couldโ€™ve written this ๐Ÿซ ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

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emillafilipowi
1mo

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jfresh84 avatar
jfresh84
2mo

This is a lot of days late butโ€ฆ. Oh man!! This year I was just not into the โ€œChristmas Spiritโ€. I bought the things for my 4 year old (and sort of for myselfโ€ฆ HELLO LEGO ๐Ÿ˜†) and totally forgot to get things for others. I had a really been in such a deep depression that I honestly didnโ€™t care. I kept apologizing to my son about me being sad and asked if it was okay that I didnโ€™t put up a tree. Of course, having the spirit of his dad in him, he told me it would be fine. I seemed to try some days by putting out a little bit but it took all of my energy. But by falling into the guilty pressure of my mom and FIL, I put up a tree on the 23rd. I put this tree up and my son decorated it but it looked super weird. I just put it in my head that I was just tired and my ๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ’Š had kicked in. The next morning, it still didnโ€™t look right. Apparently, my mother (half of the guilty pressure team), had taken out the trees I had in my bag (1 for the living room & 1 tiny one for my kiddoโ€™s room) and somehow mixed up all of my trees with hers ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ She had to bring me her bag of trees, so I could play a game of which tree goes with that one. On Christmas Eve, I took down one tree, put up my tree, decorated and put my final answers to the tree game back in her bag ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ Then, I had to go to the store to, last minute, purchase tiny things for others. I came home and had to wrap ALL of my gifts, get ready for Santa and make sure I didnโ€™t forget his treats, AGAIN ๐Ÿ˜ญ Christmas Day seemed rushed having to drive everywhere to celebrate with everyone. Then, we had family come from out of town that I had to see so we could celebrate. As of today, my energy and my budget are still completely lacking!!! BUYING THINGS ARE SO FUN ๐Ÿคฉ

Mr Impossible avatar
Mr Impossible
3mo

Same, this holiday is so f-ing difficult for no reason. Well, not no reason. Iโ€™m rambling again. Aaaaand, pls never say never. You can hardly claim to know what kind of impact you may have on anotherโ€™s life. You can be a hero, context matters.

tayandtheirdog avatar
tayandtheirdog
3mo

See! This is what I mean! I am a little late(itโ€™s the 27th), but this was me! I was all over the place! But, I am a very good crafty person! So I make a lot of my gifts, and I will give a few ideas for simple crafts or things you can make! I am so excited to share this, because I have never shared anything that involves my creativity on Numo! Thanks for posting this so I can share, Tayandtheirdog Crafts to make for gifts: 1. Learn to crochet, this is my favorite hobby that I have! It is so fun, but hard, to learn! Learning will make your ADHD mind work really hard. But I will make a massive post about all my crafts I do, and how they help with ADHD. 2. Custom ornaments, a personalized gift! Who doesnโ€™t like a personalized thing? You can put their name, and anything on it! Hope I helped!

sonnek avatar
sonnek
3mo

Thanks for sharing! Iโ€™m quite crafty, too, but I fail miserably at creating things for others with a deadline ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ™ˆ. So people will rather get their gifts later ๐Ÿ˜Š

canipetthatdawg avatar
canipetthatdawg
3mo

Oh honey, I'm late to answer but I totally get you! I have a lot of problems with decision-making, it puts me into a horrible state of freeze and executive dysfunction ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿ˜‚ So I was nearly always last-minute-buying on 24th (for the family and people that actually come by in the christmas days) before the shops closed OR would not give presents to anyone at all or buy them afterwards, still not knowing what to buy but just having to (friends) ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿฅน THIS YEAR I decided that I will give to the people what I would appreciate or rather - what I think that fits them. Present making should rather be "take this, I was thinking of you when I saw it/I thought u could use that" as a lovely gesture than being afraid the other person will not like it. Actually I guess people are just happy that you got them something anyways, I appreciate so many gifts even if I would have never bought them myself, because now it makes me think of them ๐Ÿฅฐ I only baked 1 time this winter, 2 sorts of cookies and they were gone long before Christmas ๐Ÿ˜‚ But I got a lot for present, so that was fine too ๐Ÿฅน I just tried to remember myself that it's not a competition, christmas is the time of forgiving, of peace and love๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿงก

sonnek avatar
sonnek
3mo

@canipetthatdawg Now I am late ๐Ÿ˜…, but a lot of things you write are totally me, too ๐Ÿ™Œ! And the funny thing about gifts is that I would totally agree with what you said about being happy with just the gesture and the thought of someone - but my strange head says it might be like this for me but doesnโ€™t work in return ๐Ÿ™ˆ. Thatโ€™s something to work on โ€ฆ because I just love being gifted and love the thought of gifting but then overthink it until I fail so often.

road calm avatar
road calm
3mo

great topic! thnx! My husband (no ADHD) sends me - weeks before xmas - a digital wish list, where I can order and have his presents delivered. He also decorates the whole house. He writes all the shopping lists and buys everything. Instead of simply being grateful I struggle with guilt and shame knowing that me - being left in charge - would fail soo badly. I also guilt trip myself for being a bad mother and a bad female. ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿซฃ ps: my daughter made those cookies and my son made his in school with his teacher. I baked 0 this xmas ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿซฃ pps: I took my best friend shopping on the 22nd and bought her something she liked as a xmas present. ๐ŸŽ I asked my other friend which book would you like for xmas. And she told me. This helped me avoiding the decision paralysis. ๐ŸŽ„

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