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Does anyone else have it where they feel like they can’t get anything done unless they are getting praise for it?
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Anonymous 20h

I need an external motivator in order to do basically anything

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Anonymous 17h

That’s probably why I love school so much and can barely do anything outside of it because the praise for doing a good job is having a B or A (or nice feedback)

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Anonymous 18h

yeah, I think the way ADHD operates at the chemical level means that a lot of us need some kind of reward or positive reinforcement to trick our brains into letting us complete tasks, since we don’t organically experience that “sense of accomplishment” dopamine burst

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