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I call it battery saver mode to help reframe it. My mind and body know they will have to likely be on/mask when waiting mode ends so I think of it like charging your phone before going out, only it’s charging my mind and body. It helps me accept the state instead of fighting it, and now I just plan on waiting mode to happen and allow myself to zone... See more

My body is primed, itching to act, to do something . But there’s nowhere to aim that energy. It’s like sitting on the edge of an emotional cliff, watching the clock slog forward at a glacial pace, yet feeling trapped, unable to escape the feeling of impending... something.

For many AuDHD individuals, waiting mode is more than mere frustration; it’s... See more

I know that to some, this might sound lazy or like procrastination, but it’s more like a form of paralysis. My mind won’t let me commit to anything because there’s this nagging, insistent voice reminding me that I’m just killing time until the “main event” arrives.

Waiting mode is a dead zone where productivity goes to die.

Autistic individuals are less likely to conform, in part because conformity feels less gratifying and comforting to them than to other people. Autists’ inbuilt resistance to peer pressure and authority, combined with their outsider status and precise language, allows them to notice and describe society’s flaws better than those comfortably immersed... See more