Procrastination. Overcommitment. Intense people-pleasing. Avoidance. Excuses. Pessimism. Self-medication.Living with ADHD makes us more likely to engage in all sorts of self-sabotaging behavior — patterns that prevent us from reaching our goals, achieving peace, and finding happiness.
I say “us” because, though I coach clients with ADHD who are their own worst enemies, I am not immune to self-sabotaging behaviors.
As someone with ADHD, I, too, sometimes work against my own best interests.Self-sabotage is hitting the snooze button despite knowing that we’ll be late to work.
Or thrwarting anything good that comes our way for fear that we’ll mess it up somehow. Or depriving ourselves of our needs as punishment, because we think we deserve it.