Jody Gates | AuDHD AF | Problem Solver | Rule Breaker
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AuDHD AF | Helping Neurodivergent minds build systems that actually work.
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My AuDHD brain finds a beat, won't let it go...
This song looped for 2-3 hrs yesterday, was so effective that I fired it back up today:
music.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5x...
This song looped for 2-3 hrs yesterday, was so effective that I fired it back up today:
music.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5x...
IVOXYGEN - Write My Name In Your Heart (angst Techno Remix) [Extended]
YouTube video by Technogasm
music.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My AuDHD brain finds a beat, won't let it go...
This song looped for 2-3 hrs yesterday, was so effective that I fired it back up today:
music.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5x...
This song looped for 2-3 hrs yesterday, was so effective that I fired it back up today:
music.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5x...
No Kings 2 is tomorrow, Oct 18. My local march is 1-3pm, when is yours?
Go to nokings.org to learn where to go, and when... and how to protect yourself.
Go to nokings.org to learn where to go, and when... and how to protect yourself.
October 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
No Kings 2 is tomorrow, Oct 18. My local march is 1-3pm, when is yours?
Go to nokings.org to learn where to go, and when... and how to protect yourself.
Go to nokings.org to learn where to go, and when... and how to protect yourself.
Deep Dip
My new AuDHD phrase of the day.
A neurotypical might call it a deep dive, but we neurodivergent know that a deep dive can go MUCH deeper.
See also: Deep Think, Comprehensive Skim, Micro-focus
#audhd #asd #actuallyautistic #adhd
My new AuDHD phrase of the day.
A neurotypical might call it a deep dive, but we neurodivergent know that a deep dive can go MUCH deeper.
See also: Deep Think, Comprehensive Skim, Micro-focus
#audhd #asd #actuallyautistic #adhd
October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Deep Dip
My new AuDHD phrase of the day.
A neurotypical might call it a deep dive, but we neurodivergent know that a deep dive can go MUCH deeper.
See also: Deep Think, Comprehensive Skim, Micro-focus
#audhd #asd #actuallyautistic #adhd
My new AuDHD phrase of the day.
A neurotypical might call it a deep dive, but we neurodivergent know that a deep dive can go MUCH deeper.
See also: Deep Think, Comprehensive Skim, Micro-focus
#audhd #asd #actuallyautistic #adhd
After signing up for the Oct 18th No Kings event in my town, they gave me the option to share... but just for my town. No one here is local to my town, so here's the site itself:
www.mobilize.us/nokings/
Silence is compliance.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/
Silence is compliance.
No Kings June 14 · No Kings on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with No Kings.
www.mobilize.us
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
After signing up for the Oct 18th No Kings event in my town, they gave me the option to share... but just for my town. No one here is local to my town, so here's the site itself:
www.mobilize.us/nokings/
Silence is compliance.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/
Silence is compliance.
Mindful Break Reminder -
In the space of a single deep breath, you can re-center, find focus and ground yourself.
"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum"
In the space of a single deep breath, you can re-center, find focus and ground yourself.
"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum"
September 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Mindful Break Reminder -
In the space of a single deep breath, you can re-center, find focus and ground yourself.
"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum"
In the space of a single deep breath, you can re-center, find focus and ground yourself.
"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum"
Why does it need to be said?
Why is it so hard for people to see that helping one another makes the whole world stronger?
Stop using your "hate connections" as a bonding element, start looking for reasons to help, support and build each other up.
Why is it so hard for people to see that helping one another makes the whole world stronger?
Stop using your "hate connections" as a bonding element, start looking for reasons to help, support and build each other up.
September 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Why does it need to be said?
Why is it so hard for people to see that helping one another makes the whole world stronger?
Stop using your "hate connections" as a bonding element, start looking for reasons to help, support and build each other up.
Why is it so hard for people to see that helping one another makes the whole world stronger?
Stop using your "hate connections" as a bonding element, start looking for reasons to help, support and build each other up.
Reposted by Jody Gates | AuDHD AF | Problem Solver | Rule Breaker
UNITE + RISE.
St. Petersburg, Florida.
St. Petersburg, Florida.
September 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
UNITE + RISE.
St. Petersburg, Florida.
St. Petersburg, Florida.
I love that seeing "AuDHD" anywhere in someone's profile lets me know we're probably going to click.
Being able to spot "your people" with such a label is the single greatest benefit of these labels... which I otherwise hate.
Being able to spot "your people" with such a label is the single greatest benefit of these labels... which I otherwise hate.
August 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I love that seeing "AuDHD" anywhere in someone's profile lets me know we're probably going to click.
Being able to spot "your people" with such a label is the single greatest benefit of these labels... which I otherwise hate.
Being able to spot "your people" with such a label is the single greatest benefit of these labels... which I otherwise hate.
I'm not a Devil's Advocate. I'm not arguing with you.
I'm simply reframing your perspective.
It's an AuDHD superpower, you're welcome!
I'm simply reframing your perspective.
It's an AuDHD superpower, you're welcome!
August 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm not a Devil's Advocate. I'm not arguing with you.
I'm simply reframing your perspective.
It's an AuDHD superpower, you're welcome!
I'm simply reframing your perspective.
It's an AuDHD superpower, you're welcome!
I don't forget to eat... I resent that I have to stop what I'm doing TO each.
All that meal prep, chewing, digesting ... it's all there to fuck up my FLOW.
#JustAuDHDthings
All that meal prep, chewing, digesting ... it's all there to fuck up my FLOW.
#JustAuDHDthings
August 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I don't forget to eat... I resent that I have to stop what I'm doing TO each.
All that meal prep, chewing, digesting ... it's all there to fuck up my FLOW.
#JustAuDHDthings
All that meal prep, chewing, digesting ... it's all there to fuck up my FLOW.
#JustAuDHDthings
My "brain functioning litmus" is to see how well I do with the daily NYT games, or the daily LinkedIn games.
If I'm struggling to do these little games, I know I'm "high support needs" that day... pop an Adderall, STAT!
AuDHD has me always looking for indicators!
If I'm struggling to do these little games, I know I'm "high support needs" that day... pop an Adderall, STAT!
AuDHD has me always looking for indicators!
August 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My "brain functioning litmus" is to see how well I do with the daily NYT games, or the daily LinkedIn games.
If I'm struggling to do these little games, I know I'm "high support needs" that day... pop an Adderall, STAT!
AuDHD has me always looking for indicators!
If I'm struggling to do these little games, I know I'm "high support needs" that day... pop an Adderall, STAT!
AuDHD has me always looking for indicators!
I'm not a fan of sales. Not a fan of marketing.
But I LOVE talking to neurodivergent people. I could play the game of "what's your special interest" all day long!
I'm building a community for ADHD/AuDHD builders, founders, and creators... but it's a process.
There are so many amazing brains...
But I LOVE talking to neurodivergent people. I could play the game of "what's your special interest" all day long!
I'm building a community for ADHD/AuDHD builders, founders, and creators... but it's a process.
There are so many amazing brains...
June 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm not a fan of sales. Not a fan of marketing.
But I LOVE talking to neurodivergent people. I could play the game of "what's your special interest" all day long!
I'm building a community for ADHD/AuDHD builders, founders, and creators... but it's a process.
There are so many amazing brains...
But I LOVE talking to neurodivergent people. I could play the game of "what's your special interest" all day long!
I'm building a community for ADHD/AuDHD builders, founders, and creators... but it's a process.
There are so many amazing brains...
The Four Horsemen of ADHD
- context switching
- poor prioritization
- short working memory
- time blindness
You try to change tasks, then struggle to pick the right thing to work on, then get into something like a flow state, and forget all about the previous thing, then lose track of time, repeat
- context switching
- poor prioritization
- short working memory
- time blindness
You try to change tasks, then struggle to pick the right thing to work on, then get into something like a flow state, and forget all about the previous thing, then lose track of time, repeat
May 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The Four Horsemen of ADHD
- context switching
- poor prioritization
- short working memory
- time blindness
You try to change tasks, then struggle to pick the right thing to work on, then get into something like a flow state, and forget all about the previous thing, then lose track of time, repeat
- context switching
- poor prioritization
- short working memory
- time blindness
You try to change tasks, then struggle to pick the right thing to work on, then get into something like a flow state, and forget all about the previous thing, then lose track of time, repeat
For all my life, I thought I was into EDC, or trying to have what I need on hand, because I was a Boy Scout.
"Be Prepared"
Turns out, ADHD means you like gadgets, and you're always trying to prevent disappointment.
"Be Prepared"
Turns out, ADHD means you like gadgets, and you're always trying to prevent disappointment.
May 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
For all my life, I thought I was into EDC, or trying to have what I need on hand, because I was a Boy Scout.
"Be Prepared"
Turns out, ADHD means you like gadgets, and you're always trying to prevent disappointment.
"Be Prepared"
Turns out, ADHD means you like gadgets, and you're always trying to prevent disappointment.
"... with ADHD."
When reading your fortune cookies, try adding ", with ADHD." to make it extra spicy!
When reading your fortune cookies, try adding ", with ADHD." to make it extra spicy!
May 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"... with ADHD."
When reading your fortune cookies, try adding ", with ADHD." to make it extra spicy!
When reading your fortune cookies, try adding ", with ADHD." to make it extra spicy!
Maybe it's your ADHD, it doesn't matter... other people's solutions are irrelevant to YOUR solutions.
Just because THEY did it that way doesn't mean YOU have to do it that way.
How many things can you apply this to?
Just because THEY did it that way doesn't mean YOU have to do it that way.
How many things can you apply this to?
April 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Maybe it's your ADHD, it doesn't matter... other people's solutions are irrelevant to YOUR solutions.
Just because THEY did it that way doesn't mean YOU have to do it that way.
How many things can you apply this to?
Just because THEY did it that way doesn't mean YOU have to do it that way.
How many things can you apply this to?
Taking a walk outside, happy earth day, and listening to some tunes… then it happened. It flappened?
Apparently I’m a low key flapper.
#justaudhdthings #audhd #stimming
Apparently I’m a low key flapper.
#justaudhdthings #audhd #stimming
April 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Taking a walk outside, happy earth day, and listening to some tunes… then it happened. It flappened?
Apparently I’m a low key flapper.
#justaudhdthings #audhd #stimming
Apparently I’m a low key flapper.
#justaudhdthings #audhd #stimming
If you know how compound interest works, then you understand an ADHD/AuDHD brain...
Every 1 thought becomes 2 more, repeat.
I'm exhausted by noon because I have a buffer overrun and have 8 million thoughts bouncing around my head.
I wish I could just do easy stuff, like herd cats or divide by 0.
Every 1 thought becomes 2 more, repeat.
I'm exhausted by noon because I have a buffer overrun and have 8 million thoughts bouncing around my head.
I wish I could just do easy stuff, like herd cats or divide by 0.
April 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If you know how compound interest works, then you understand an ADHD/AuDHD brain...
Every 1 thought becomes 2 more, repeat.
I'm exhausted by noon because I have a buffer overrun and have 8 million thoughts bouncing around my head.
I wish I could just do easy stuff, like herd cats or divide by 0.
Every 1 thought becomes 2 more, repeat.
I'm exhausted by noon because I have a buffer overrun and have 8 million thoughts bouncing around my head.
I wish I could just do easy stuff, like herd cats or divide by 0.
be me
have ADHD
get good idea
brain: "act fast or it’s gone"
nobody move. nobody breathe.
even blinking feels risky
write it down like it’s a bomb defusal
still forget half of it
idea gone
rip 3am bathroom sneak of the mind
have ADHD
get good idea
brain: "act fast or it’s gone"
nobody move. nobody breathe.
even blinking feels risky
write it down like it’s a bomb defusal
still forget half of it
idea gone
rip 3am bathroom sneak of the mind
April 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
be me
have ADHD
get good idea
brain: "act fast or it’s gone"
nobody move. nobody breathe.
even blinking feels risky
write it down like it’s a bomb defusal
still forget half of it
idea gone
rip 3am bathroom sneak of the mind
have ADHD
get good idea
brain: "act fast or it’s gone"
nobody move. nobody breathe.
even blinking feels risky
write it down like it’s a bomb defusal
still forget half of it
idea gone
rip 3am bathroom sneak of the mind
ADHD and Task Initiation - Two great tastes that, uh… do NOT taste great together.
Task avoidance? Prioritization? Sometimes it helps to be told what to do.
Prompt Idea:
“Here are 3 things I need to do today, but I can’t get excited. Re-frame each task in a way that sounds fun.”
Task avoidance? Prioritization? Sometimes it helps to be told what to do.
Prompt Idea:
“Here are 3 things I need to do today, but I can’t get excited. Re-frame each task in a way that sounds fun.”
Use AI as a Momentum Generator — Not a Boss
Feeling stuck? Use AI to gently nudge yourself into motion with playful prompts and zero pressure. ADHD-friendly productivity starts with the tiniest spark of momentum.
adhdwithai.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
ADHD and Task Initiation - Two great tastes that, uh… do NOT taste great together.
Task avoidance? Prioritization? Sometimes it helps to be told what to do.
Prompt Idea:
“Here are 3 things I need to do today, but I can’t get excited. Re-frame each task in a way that sounds fun.”
Task avoidance? Prioritization? Sometimes it helps to be told what to do.
Prompt Idea:
“Here are 3 things I need to do today, but I can’t get excited. Re-frame each task in a way that sounds fun.”
ADHD brain: “I have 8 ideas and they all matter.”
Try this:
Ask ChatGPT to help weigh the pros/cons of each based on energy, values, and goals.
No pressure, just clarity.
Read More: adhdwithai.substack.com/p/i-have-8-i...
Try this:
Ask ChatGPT to help weigh the pros/cons of each based on energy, values, and goals.
No pressure, just clarity.
Read More: adhdwithai.substack.com/p/i-have-8-i...
“I Have 8 Ideas and Can’t Pick One” — Now What?
Have too many ideas and can’t choose? Use AI to weigh pros and cons based on your energy, values, and goals. A realistic ADHD-friendly way to stop spinning and start choosing.
adhdwithai.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
ADHD brain: “I have 8 ideas and they all matter.”
Try this:
Ask ChatGPT to help weigh the pros/cons of each based on energy, values, and goals.
No pressure, just clarity.
Read More: adhdwithai.substack.com/p/i-have-8-i...
Try this:
Ask ChatGPT to help weigh the pros/cons of each based on energy, values, and goals.
No pressure, just clarity.
Read More: adhdwithai.substack.com/p/i-have-8-i...
ADHD hack: when you’re stuck, lost in the scroll, overwhelmed by 19 tabs...
Pause.
Text someone encouragement.
Answer a question.
Offer help.
Helping others gets your dopamine and momentum going.
Pause.
Text someone encouragement.
Answer a question.
Offer help.
Helping others gets your dopamine and momentum going.
April 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
ADHD hack: when you’re stuck, lost in the scroll, overwhelmed by 19 tabs...
Pause.
Text someone encouragement.
Answer a question.
Offer help.
Helping others gets your dopamine and momentum going.
Pause.
Text someone encouragement.
Answer a question.
Offer help.
Helping others gets your dopamine and momentum going.
3 prompts to get clear on what you really want:
- Gut check
- Values scan
- Future flash
Don’t chase what’s loud. Ask what matters.
adhdwithai.substack.com/p/the-what-d...
- Gut check
- Values scan
- Future flash
Don’t chase what’s loud. Ask what matters.
adhdwithai.substack.com/p/the-what-d...
The “What Do I Actually Want?” Prompt Pack
3 ChatGPT prompts to help ADHD brains uncover what they truly want — not just what feels urgent. A simple way to get unstuck and reconnect with your values.
adhdwithai.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
3 prompts to get clear on what you really want:
- Gut check
- Values scan
- Future flash
Don’t chase what’s loud. Ask what matters.
adhdwithai.substack.com/p/the-what-d...
- Gut check
- Values scan
- Future flash
Don’t chase what’s loud. Ask what matters.
adhdwithai.substack.com/p/the-what-d...
ADHD brains don’t struggle with not caring — we care about everything all at once.
Try this: list your top concerns & ask ChatGPT what values are behind them.
It’s a game-changer.
adhdwithai.substack.com/p/when-every...
Try this: list your top concerns & ask ChatGPT what values are behind them.
It’s a game-changer.
adhdwithai.substack.com/p/when-every...
When Everything Feels Important (and Nothing Gets Done)
The ADHD brain doesn’t struggle with not caring. It struggles with caring about everything all at once.
adhdwithai.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ADHD brains don’t struggle with not caring — we care about everything all at once.
Try this: list your top concerns & ask ChatGPT what values are behind them.
It’s a game-changer.
adhdwithai.substack.com/p/when-every...
Try this: list your top concerns & ask ChatGPT what values are behind them.
It’s a game-changer.
adhdwithai.substack.com/p/when-every...