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>>6941796
You don't really have ADHD, you just suck cock like a monkey.

>>6941864
why do you know how monkeys suck cock?

Solving the procrastination puzzle. Read it and apply it. Now.

>>6941864
>t. npc drone that gets auto-triggered from every mention of the term ADHD

>>6941871
Books like this can probably just be summarized in 10 bullet points. It's a waste of time to read them unless you just like reading book filler.

>>6941878
The book is extremely short on purpose. If you can summarize it, then apply it.

>>6941796
As someone who believes he has 'ADHD' and even tried to get meds for it at my lowest point, I have found that there is only one solution for the ones struggling to get shit done with ADHD.
You need to stop being a little bitch and get off your ass. You need to stop identifying as a victim who is experiencing some great injustice.
>"It's my ADHD's fault I can't start drawing, muh dopamine-receptors, muh mental illness."
Who gives a fuck. Drop the self-pity.

Every time you use these as a cope and excuse, you grow weaker and your bad habits grow stronger.
You're not some mindless husk of a body, right? You have free will, right? Then take back control and finally take action. There will be temptations lurking in your head about 'doing it tomorrow' or quitting completely. That's why you need to remind yourself of why the fuck you're doing all of this shit in the first place. Why do you want to improve your art? Why do you want to be an artist so badly? What does art even mean to you? Are you willing to suffer and bleed for it? Don't just half-ass it. Put some thought into it and get some resolve. Many claim that they are trying really hard already, but if they'd truly tried (and dropped their victim mentality) then they wouldn't be whining like weak, little bitches. You need to embrace the suffering and endure. You will build positive habits that will make it easier but never, NEVER give into the temptation of procrastinating or quitting.

Or you could just admit defeat, take some meds, keep whining about not being able to draw, and pass up on the opportunity of knowing who the fuck you truly are through overcoming struggle and conquering your mind.

>>6941940
Well said, I'm not OP but was diagnosed young with a d h d. While it was a bitch to focus young, I found that the more i really tried to, the easier it became. It's the lack of effort and self discipline because doctor says something is wrong that stops people in my opinion.

>>6941947
>It's the lack of effort and self discipline because doctor says something is wrong that stops people
Exactly. it's also because people use these struggles like ADHD or depression as their identity. They define their entire existence through them and literally put a mental ceiling on their potential. How many people out there take meds for their mental illness yet still struggle with it? It is because the symptoms might have been fixed but deep down this cope, this excuse, this illness has become a part of their self, a part of their very being. You basically need to change who you fundamentally are, which is extremely hard. The first step is to stop identifying with it. Yes, you may have this mental illness and it will be difficult but you absolutely can not let it define you.

>>6941871
Will give it a try

Anons. Nothing in your life will ever change if you do not change your behavior. I don't care what the fuck extremes you have to go to. Change yourself or die.

IF YOU HAVE THOUGHT, "FUCK, I HATE NOT DOING WHAT I WANT TO DO AND DOING THE SHIT I DON'T REALLY GIVE A FUCK ABOUT. I HATE THIS SHIT" THEN YOU HAVE TO CHANGE SOMETHING. IF YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW AND DO THE SAME SHIT RIGHT NOW THAT YOU DID YESTERDAY, NOTHING WILL FUCKING CHANGE I GUARAN FUCKING TEE IT.

STOP MAKING PUSSY ASS THREADS. STOP MAKING PUSSY ASS POSTS. GO DRAW. GO WORK OUT. GET OFF THIS BOARD YOU PIECE OF SHIT. GET OVER YOUR SHIT BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT FOR YOU, NOT EVEN A THERAPIST. IT'S ALL ON YOU, YOU DUMB BITCH.

>>6941796
YOU COULD DIE TONIGHT AND YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THIS LIFE? YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY SATISFIED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT CHANGING. FUCK YOU BITCH.

>>6941940
>>6941947
>>6941957
>le willpower
You do not have adhd, op take the meds. Then start drawing, I lost my career and got set back years from depending on willpower alone. It’s not worth the mental own, just suck it up take the pills and get to works. Life’s not some great moral triumph to be won by honest effort and enthusiasm. Make the smart decision.

>>6942029
lol

>>6941796
Cocaine. I do lots and lots of cocaine.

>>6941796
Err if you have ADHD and enjoy art, shouldn't you be hyperfixated on drawing as opposed to struggling with it?

Do i have ADHD if i can never get anything done and spend all of my free time gooning and watching family guy clips even if i have like 20 things i need to take care of

>>6941796
>I have my own strategies but I wanna know what you faggots do.
Filthy parasite with nothing to offer, who only takes, takes, takes and kill other threads for his own purposes.

Kill yourself.

>>6941796
>apart from taking meds (I will never take the meds)
Ignore the previous posters about le epic willpower and take as much amphetamine as your psychiatrist will prescribe. Your life will instantly improve.

t. Russell Barkley

>>6942691
Also ask for guanfacine and if it doesn't give you any side effects, it will counteract the heartrate and blood pressure effects of the amphetamine and improve your focus. The Wehrmacht conquered Europe on Pervitin and you can too

>>6942691
>>6942697
>Don't work on your bad mindset and bad habits. Just take meth-like drugs.

>>6942029
I agree. If I can barely manage with tons and tons of mental training over decades I don't even want to imagine what it is like for normies. It takes ages to practice being able to put effort.
I may be trying to beat it on my own but for everybody else I will straight away suggest go and take the meds.
Also I'm not any of the people you replied to if you're wondering.

>listen to music that gets you pumped
>stream yourself drawing on twitch/discord/picarto etc (multistream is even more effective)
>imagine yourself showing off your finished art to people and getting lots of attention and comments, then remind yourself that'll only happen if you finish the drawing
>download and use niel cicierega's work app

>>6943225 continued
>set a small achievable goal that you can do in a few hours (example: "Let's finish inking today", "let's draw four poses" etc) then, if you have the time, set another goal
>tell yourself that you'll only draw for 10 min, and if you can get in the groove you'll stick around for longer (helps with executive dysfunction)
>go to a draw thread on /b/ or /trash/ and take simple requests for an hour or so as a warm up
>get a friend to remind you to draw at a certain time thru DMs or text mesaage or whatever
>if you are able to, go somewhere where there's limited or no wifi and a comfy quiet place where you can sit and draw for a few hours such as a library, community center, sheltered area at a park etc
>if you have irl art friends, get together irl and draw
>go to irl life drawing/gesture drawing sessions

IMO executive dysfunction is the biggest hurdle for my ADHD and the best way to get around it is to trick myself into doing a teeny tiny bit of drawing or a non-serious drawing, or guilting myself into drawing through social expectations.

Pills are not necessary for dealing with ADHD but if you want to be more consistently productive I would absolutely say they help, especially if you haven't taken them before because when you go off them for the first few times you understand the behavioral difference between medicated and unmedicated you, and can take mental steps to shrink that difference.

Can't believe you guys really think winners don't take drugs

>>6943288
I'm better than the winners though

>>6942029
Thanks Doc, guess i can stop taking my meds

>>6942029
>Life’s not some great moral triumph to be won by honest effort and enthusiasm.
Real shit here

Just draw!

I have ADHD and am medicated for it, but don't often take them (concerta). In my experience ADHD doesn't really fuck with your ability to draw, it fucks with your ability to learn how to draw. Know the difference.

Sure you're probably not gonna be able to do as clean technical shit as someone with a normal mind, but in my personal experience, ADHD artists have an opportunity to create more different, stark kinda shit. Only example I can pull out of my arse is John krisfalusi who had ADHD and bipolar (was also a bit of a massive pedo)

just draw man. doesn't have to be tight. get the sketch down, tighten the fundamentals when you can be bothered to actually drill fundies. I started around 27, never managed to work my way through more than 3 drawing exercises since. The ADHD mind is kinda like surfing a wave, if you can catch a hyperfocus wave, you'll prolly draw better than any normal person could in a single session

picrel, this took me maybe 40 minutes.

>>6941796
Look for novelty. Make things into something like a not literal game, switch hobbies again, look for other types of materials to work with, or rot psychologically and just scroll clinical research.

>>6941796
>Animedoro (pomodoro technique + anime)
You study/practice/work for 20 or 25 minutes then you take a break for 5 or 10 minutes then you watch anime, play video game, watch netflix whatever you do for fun then you take another break then you study/practice/work again and you do so for 2 hours then you take a longer break. I said "then" a lot of times but fuck it.

>>6941796
i draw my art mathematically perfect, and only in the heat of the moment, its easy to draw pentagons, elipses rectangles, triangles and trapezoids when you have them all calculated

>>6941796
Wait until the last minute to do everything and have the anxiety fuel you.

I am so glad I started meds so I don't have to do that as much anymore.

>>6941796
>Can get legal amphetamine
>Refuses to
Shaking my baka

music

>>6947176
Best answer so far.