Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

The Exhausting Reality of Neurodivergent Mornings

19 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Danielle Ralston. This content was uploaded by Danielle Ralston. This is a YouTube video titled "The Exhausting Reality of Neurodivergent Mornings" (uploaded 2025-02-19) containing a first-person spoken account about difficulties neurodivergent people face with morning routines and multi-step tasks. The speaker contrasts neurotypical automatic habits with the constant, step-by-step conscious effort required for neurodivergent individuals, illustrating challenges with waking up and basic routines.

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And I always tell everybody this, a neurotypical person will wake up, do the thing, do the next thing, do the next thing, do the next thing. And there was zero thought process that went into that. It was just a habit that is ingrained in them and their brain doesn't need to take any action to think about doing that. For us, we have to think about every step. Wake up. Okay, I've got to wake up. Now I need to wake up. I really, really need to wake up. Oh, I need to uncover. Maybe that will help me wake up. And every single thing we do is this long list of things that we're trying to get our body, our brain, Well, it's, everything is so multi-stepped. Like for other people, I think it is more straightforward. It's like, oh, I'm going to do this.