If you keep clothes in a pile on the floor or draped over a chair for many days on end, you might have what some call a “floordrobe.”
Do you ever delay putting away clean laundry or unworn outfits from a vacation and instead keep those clothes in a pile on the floor or draped over a chair for many days on end? What about items you’ve only worn once and don’t want to wash but also don’t want to return to your closet because you think you’ll wear them again in the near future?
He also offered a few ideas to help people with ADHD tackle this type of clutter. But why exactly are laundry issues like floordrobes so common in people with the disorder? We asked ADHD experts to explain the phenomenon and share their advice for keeping clothes from piling up into an overwhelming mess. “ADHD impacts the brain’s executive functions, which control motivation, planning, working memory, organization and self-control,” said Billy Roberts, a therapist at in Columbus, Ohio.
“That’s why many people really struggle with remembering to move the clothes from the washer to the dryer, which then adds to the misery of having to start all over in order to avoid the awful mildew smell that hits us when we finally remember to get to the washing machine,” said Michigan-based psychotherapist and ADHD coach “As hard as it is to do, we know that it’s going to start all over the following day,” she said.
When you lack a strong internal sense of time, you might feel that putting away your clothes will take an overwhelmingly long amount of time and thus avoid the chore. In his video, Rice offered a couple of suggestions for dealing with floordrobes, most notably one that addressed the lack of time awareness issue.
Bloom emphasized the importance of starting with small changes and experimenting to find the best strategy for your personality and lifestyle. “Similarly, someone might benefit from what’s called ‘chunking,’ or splitting a larger task up into smaller, more manageable steps and doing a little bit each day,” Bloom said. “Someone else might prefer to schedule an hour block each week for laundry and pair it with a favorite podcast or TV show — this is called ‘pairing.’ Each strategy is great, but they are totally different.”“An example of this would be body doubling — having someone sit with you while you get started,” he said.
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