Help - why can’t I do the things!?

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I hope it’s okay to post here, I have no formal diagnosis and am only starting to look at assessment. I’m in my 40s and am really struggling at work.

I know what I have to do, it’s within my ability and I’m actually interested in the subject but for the life of me I just cannot start the thing. I am easily distracted, my mind is blank, my anxiety about losing my job is through the roof. Why can’t I do this?

I don’t know why I’m posting, advice or help perhaps?

I have just been diagnosed with ADHD and my psychiatrist recommends the pomodoro technique - https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/pomodoro-technique

Other things I find helpful are body doubling (basically getting my DH to sit with me while I get started), writing a plan / list of things I want to include in eg a report, I like dictation (if you have access to a transcription service) as sometimes it feels less overwhelming to speak than to type something out.

Good luck

@AshGirl thank you for taking the time to reply it means a lot x