A new way to focus my attention! I am trying to focus on just one sporting event when faced with a gazillion TVs in a sports bar. HEHE.
ANSWER: I don’t remain organized and focused in my thinking. It’s a daily and sometimes hourly struggle for me to focus. I have to get help in order to get my work done.
I’m extremely unfocused- it’s pathological and is a struggle very single day. My manager Vy is a life savor. She makes charts that I work hard to follow. I cannot write books without help.
I’m getting worse as I get older and there is no question that my head injury from 2012 doesn’t help. This is not meant to be depressing. It is simply my reality. When I’m stable, I just deal with it. When I’m depressed, it’s my #1 worry. How are we supposed to work and support ourselves when our bipolar brains give us so much trouble? ARG!!!!
I CAN say that I truly use the tips in Get it Done When You’re Depressed. I use them every single day and they help me focus as best I can. So, I do have moments of focus and organization, but it’s hard work and I use everything I write about in my books. Get it Done saves me. It was written for depression, but it works for ADD/ADHD symptoms just as well. Anxiety is also a big reason for focus problems. Sometimes it hurts to work. I was much more able to work in the past. My goal these days is getting as much work done as possible when I’m stable so that I have a buffer on the tough days. I wish I could tell you that I focus just fine and that I have a secret so that you can end your focus problems. I have not found this yet. For now, it’s management. I am still here, still writing and still getting things done, so something is working. You can do it as well!
I have a theory. I believe that many of us with bipolar disorder are innately restless. It is an issue that affects our work and relationships. Here is my blog for Bp Magazine: Life with Bipolar: Why Am I So Restless? on the topic.
