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submitted 8 months ago by Nemo@midwest.social to c/adhd@lemmy.world

Often I end up closing the list and immediately turning to self-soothing. And because there's no way to know in advance if a task on the list will give me anxiety, this often results in my list being not just unusable but unreadable, preventing me from doing or even remembering the non-anxiety tasks on the same list.

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 7 points 8 months ago

I love PDA! I kiss my wife any and everywhere. I don't need a reminder for that.

[-] meowshale@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

love your enthusiasm for your wife ☺️ but they probably meant pathological demand avoidance (PDA)

[-] fossphi@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

I genuinely thought they meant a personal digital assistant to keep track of todos and stuff

[-] souperk@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

yes! I mean pathological demand avoidance, I literally forgot there is another meaning to the acronym 🤣

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