[0:00]Have you ever heard of the term revenge bedtime procrastination? This is a universal human challenge, and it is also acute among neurodivergence, I believe, especially ADHDers.
[0:13]And what it basically involves is around bedtime, when you know you should be getting ready for sleep, not engaging in any kind of activity, not touching your digital devices like tablets or phones.
[0:24]You find that you suddenly get a second wind, you have energy that you need to spend, and you have a renewed desire to engage with something that is stimulating, um, to help you recharge after a long day.
[0:35]I believe because of dopamine dysregulation in neurodivergent brains that a lot of us have to pay a balance that's left over from a day that's highly taxing.
[0:46]We spend a lot of our dopamine to manage our executive functions, we punch above our weight, overcompensating, pushing ourselves to function on a day-to-day basis to meet the expectations of a neurotypical ableist society in terms of productivity and performance and engagement.
[1:01]And then we get to the end of the day, and we've had a packed schedule, or we've kind of burnt through our reserves in terms of doing the things that we have to do.
[1:09]And we have nothing left in the tank, and we try to replenish our dopamine through some kind of rewarding activity to to rebalance it, and the activity is highly stimulating or rewarding.
[1:20]is kind of like drip feeding us the the dopamine we need to get ourselves back into balance.
