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Difficulty getting up for/going to work

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OhshitSharon · 12/02/2025 17:48

Does anyone recognise this thought process, and more importantly has anyone found a way to combat it? 🤞 From the moment my first alarm goes off my brain is trying to find a way to not get up, and then not go to work, all I can think about is reasons not to go even though I actually don't mind my job and am fine once I get there. It's not that I'm dreading going to work because I hate my job, I've been there before and this is different, I have no real reason for my resistance to going but I don't seem to be able to just get up and go without all this mental wrestling with myself.

It's really frustrating me and making my mornings miserable, I'm no stranger to procrastination (I'm autistic) but this is on another level. I'm getting up late every morning and having to rush at the same time as fighting this huge urge to just not get up and go to work and it's really starting to take it out of me.

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Daffidale · 12/02/2025 21:01

I don’t have any tips for overcoming it, but look into “demand avoidance” ( in more extreme cases clinical cases called “pathological demand avoidance”). It’s a recognised symptom of autism. That may help find strategies you can use

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