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hauntedselves · 1 year

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The Spectrum of Executive Functioning

Executive Function is a set of mental skills we use every single day to manage our daily lives from working to studying to every day stuff like cooking and paying bills.

Both autistic individuals and ADHDers experience struggles with executive function (as well as many other individuals!) but we can all have varying experiences with the different skills that come under executive function so… welcome to The spectrum of Executive Function.

[Image description: A spider chart divided into 8 sections. Clockwise from the top left: 1) regulating attention: maintaining focus on a task; 2) sense of time: an awareness of time, time management; 3) planning + prioritising: organisation, prioritising tasks, setting goals; 4) working memory: remembering the steps as you do a task; 5) meta-cognition: thinking about thoughts, problem solving, self-reflection; 6) starting + shifting tasks: ability to start and shift tasks; 7) self-regulation: regulating thoughts, feelings and responses; 8) adapting to changes: respond and adjust to changes. End ID]

Executive Function Spectrum

Regulating attention: maintaining focus on a task

Sense of time: an awareness of time, time management, predicting how long a task will take.

Planning and prioritising: organisation, prioritising tasks, setting goals.

Working memory: remembering important information or steps as you do a task.

Meta-cognition: the ability to think about your own thoughts including problem solving.

Starting and shifting tasks: ability to start tasks and switch to a new task easily.

Self-regulation: awareness and ability to regulate your thoughts, feelings and responses.

Adapting to changes: the ability to respond and adjust to changes that happen.

We might experience struggles in certain skills while having strengths in other skills. Our struggles with the different parts of executive function can also change day to day or depending on factors (like sensory overwhelm or burnout) which is why it's shown as a spectrum here!

[Image description: The same chart as above, with the sections filled out to various levels of severity. Sense of time, planning + prioritising, and starting + shifting tasks are all at maximum difficulty. Regulating attention is almost at maximum, adapting to changes is in the upper middle range, working memory is in the middle, self-regulation is a bit difficult, and meta-cognition is the easiest. End ID]

I filled one in myself as an autistic ADHDer and as you can see, I experience a lot of struggles with certain skills of executive function which means I need a higher level of support while I don’t need as much support with the other skills. As I have ADHD, my executive function is pretty static as in, they don’t really change much day to day. However, you can absolutely fill it in according to how you experience them day to day or how you experience them according to certain moments e.g. executive function is more challenging during sensory overload.

Want to give it a go?

You can use this visual spectrum as a self-insight tool to figure out your strengths and where you might need more support as well as a communication tool to communicate your executive function challenges or need for support to family, loved ones or even your therapist.

[Image description: The same chart, blank so you can fill it out yourself. End ID]

~ Sonny Jane, livedexperiencecounsellor [PDF worksheet version]

#dogpost #c+p'd verbatim from the linked site #described #described in alt text #described in post #executive dysfunction #executive functioning

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eyeciclez · 3 months

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We need more satire of livedexperiencecounsellor

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ochtendstorm · 4 years

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Wat te doen met de lockdown?

Wat met alle vrije tijd?

lees al je ongelezen boeken

doe yoga

ga door al je spam en ongelezen mails

ga door al je oude tumblr-likes

er zijn heel veel gratis resources te vinden in deze tijd: gratis yogavideo’s, home-workouts en soms zelfs gratis boeken (Marnix Pauwels heeft er een op zijn twitter gezet!)

elfiodyssey op Instagram is ook bezig met allemaal online activiteiten te plannen

kook en bak alles wat je nooit durfde te proberen

heel veel Netflix en heel veel tv

leer eindelijk voor je theoretisch rijbewijs

als je wat extra geld op overschot hebt liggen, kan je kijken naar van die leuke kinderexperimenteersets! Bv: strijkparels, (FIMO-)klei, sablimagesets, puzzels, knikkerbanen, raamverf, aquarellum , gipsjes gieten en magneten maken , iets met fosfor en glow-in-the-dark figuurtjes maken , bruisballen maken

experimenteer met veganisme en zelf schoonmaakproducten maken

youtube-tutorials over alles

knuffel extra veel met je huisdieren

bellen en skypen met iedereen

koop een sodastream en maak heel veel bruiswater

experimenteer met fotografie

ademoefeningen

stuur kaarten en brieven of e-cards naar elkaar

doe dutjes

en nog heel veel!!

Hoe omgaan met school?

Ik vind het zelf best moeilijk om alles bij te houden qua school nu, dus wat ik doe/nog ga doen is:

een planning maken/een overzicht van alles wat je moet doen

stel elke dag een minimum en een maximumdoel op

blijf in contact met je klasgenootjes (als dat gaat en als je een oké band met hen hebt!)

Leg niet te veel druk op jezelf: wat niet lukt, dat lukt niet. Het zijn stresserende tijden en het is heel moeilijk om dan optimaal te blijven functioneren. En dat hoeft ook niet. Je doet wat je kan, meer niet.

Stel prioriteiten

Videocallen met vrienden tijdens het studeren aka schooltje spelen

Hoe omgaan met mentale gezondheid en een gebrek aan therapie?

ademoefeningen!

gratis resources gebruiken: stress relief in times of stress

betaalde resources kan je vinden op de insta’s van hypedforhealth, margeauxfeldman, livedexperiencecounsellor,...

vraag aan je hulpverleners of je kan skypen, bellen, mailen,... (misschien ook met een vast incheckmoment in de week)

probeer iets van structuur in te bouwen. Al is het enkel een uur om op te staan of het plan om in de voormiddag iets productief te doen. Voor mij is het opstaan voor 9u30, proberen te gaan slapen voor 00.30 en proberen om pas na 14.00 series te kijken. En ook proberen om minstens 3 maaltijden per dag te blijven eten.

knuffel huisdieren en planten

laat je gevoelens toe. maak ruimte. verdriet en opluchting en boosheid en angst en verwarring en alles is welkom. probeer het niet te onderdrukken, anders komt het misschien sterker terug of gaat je lichaam het feller voelen. Je hebt tijd, maak ruimte en doe lief voor jezelf.

probeer dagelijks iets echt ontspannend te doen. Voor mij is dat elke avond voor het slapengaan 5 minuutjes een ademoefening (app: Paced Breathing) en een paar pagina’s lezen. Een bad/douche nemen overdag en pogingen tot elke dag of om de dag yoga te doen. En ook elke dag minstens iets klein creatief doen.

Contact met anderen behouden: ik stuur elke dag met mijn beste vriendjes en we studeren samen, ik mail mijn therapeut waar nodig en ik hang extra veel rond met mijn ouders. Als je eigen normaal real-life omgeving niet echt mensen zijn waar je verbinding mee kan vinden, kan je best wat online steun zoeken. Ik had het idee om misschien een groepschat of WhatsApp-groep op te richten voor zij die willen. Is hier nood aan/interesse voor? LET ME KNOW

Dat was het voorlopig! Vul aan in de comments of de reblogs en check in bij elkaar, stuur GIFS en memes en online knuffels of powerpointpresentaties met schattige dieren naar elkaar!

#corona #lockdown #crisistijdjes #wat te doen

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the-rings-system · 4 years

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(Tw ableism/commitment) hi! So in light of those cases you mentioned on Twitter I'm really scared to seek therapy. We really need it but our system is not even remotely close to the current idea therapists have abt systems we're mixed origin and our experiences more common to endogenic systems (past life memories, vast inner worlds, strong internal communication, but no switches etc.) Are noticeable to the point where I don't think I can hide them during therapy (1)

(2) On top of that we do experience what we believe are delusions due to our trauma and have been thinking me may have a personality or mood disorder we haven't been able to look into yet. We also are self diagnosed & due to fear of losing our rights don't want to receive any professional diagnoses. So our question is how do we find a therapist who will accept this 8 offer help while still staying safe? We're very scared of being committed and/or forced to take medications and want to stay safe.

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Hello friends, ableism is really scary, and we totally understand the fears that come with it.

The most important thing in having confidence navigating health systems safely is knowing your rights.

1. First thing off the bat, cases of involuntary commitment/hospitalization don’t typically occur in the therapy space (at least in our experience working with people who’ve been involuntarily hospitalized/peers who have been). It’s most common during crisis situations. In these incidences, a friend/neighbor/family member/ect calls the police or emergency medical services, which eventually leads to involuntary hospitalization for the person in crisis. Where we live (US) these two forces exist as transport to hospitals, and are not trained well/at all in de-escalation. We’ve literally talked to emergency medical services in our area about this and those are words from their own mouths. -however, this means having a diagnosis and seeking therapy in itself won’t drastically increase your risk for involuntary hospitalization/commitment. -if you are white, you’re going to have a lot less issues with this, and might be able to work yourself out of involuntary hospitalization if someone calls the police on you. 2. When this does happen in therapy, this is due to the therapist/psychiatrist believing you are at immediate risk of harm to self or harm to others. With this, it’s a little more touch and go - most therapists need to hear the words directly from your mouths that you’re intending or thinking of harming yourself/others, but there’s some really ableist ones that will hear your have schizophrenia/DID and believe that you’re immediately at risk to yourself/others. Having a good interview process/consultation with the therapist will help mitigate risk in this area, which brings us to:

3. When selecting a therapist that can help you and wont give you an on-paper diagnosis when you don’t want one, as always, we recommend going into therapy knowing what you deserve and what you want from it, and knowing you can walk away at any time. https://www.instagram.com/livedexperiencecounsellor/ On instagram has a LOT of good resources on what collaborative therapy should look like. We honestly recommend going through their entire page (or a good chunk of it) In the intake/consultation, it’s a really good thing for you to ask questions too, to determine if the therapist is a good match for you. (and also if they’re ableist) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAPzAKtAG_S/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link is a good starter resource for general questions, we also recommend from our experience: 1. Do you have experience in x area (eg. dissociation, DID, delusions, ect), do you feel qualified to treat x things? 2. Are you familiar with the severe stigma and violence against those with highly stigmatized disorders? What do you do in the therapy space to help mitigate that? 3. I’m not comfortable with an on-paper diagnosis yet, and you comfortable treating me without making a diagnosis that will be in my medical records? Good therapists will understand if you don’t want a medical, on-paper diagnosis for safety reasons. Every therapist we’ve seen (except the one that didn’t believe in DID) has understood this. Our first specialist was the one that brought this issue up with us in the first place, directly telling us about the organ donation waitlist ableism, and that unless we needed specific medications she wouldn’t diagnose us for our safety. There’s good therapists out there, honestly, and I encourage y’all to go find them ❤️ TLDR: Involuntary hospitalization/commitment typically occurs outside of therapy, and within therapy when you disclose intent to harm yourself/others. As long as you’re mindful of this, know your rights, and have good consultation sessions, you should be safe seeking therapy. (and I encourage you to!!) There’s plenty of therapists who know about ableist structures and will understand that you don’t want a diagnosis at this time. (Was gonna put in the tags, but will put here: involuntary commitment is scary as HELL I don't blame you at all for being afraid. But also, getting treatment means you're less likely to have crises in unsafe situations which result in external people making that police call leading to commitment. It's a difficult situation, stay strong.)

#silver.speaks #Anonymous #ask

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awildflowerspirit · 3 years

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Please fix (or just remove ) the “reshare” option @instagram - do not make this app harder for individuals who identify as neurodivergent or disabled. This is not okay. Yes the “reshare” is awful. C/o @livedexperiencecounsellor #theresharefeaturesucks #neurodivergent https://www.instagram.com/p/CTP55zyJorK/?utm_medium=tumblr

#theresharefeaturesucks #neurodivergent

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mccounselling · 3 years

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This post is not an attack designed to make any professional who does not have a lived experience of addiction feel unworthy, we are all worthy. I feel this is a subject worth addressing and I welcome your comments. Love always, Mike Carroll 13.7.2021 #livedexperience #addiction #counsellor #counselling #therapist #drugaddiction #livedexperiencetherapist #livedexperiencecounsellor #livedexpertise #clients #clientsview #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalwellness #modalatiesofcounselling #mentalhealthreport #opinion #academia #academic #trauma #wellness #addicted #helpmehelpyou #happiness #dealing #help #connection #communication #community #mccounselling https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPcaumMC_t/?utm_medium=tumblr

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mccounselling · 3 years

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