The ADHD Boundaries Quiz

Step 1 of 6 - Your time

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Your time

A look at how much of your day ends up shaped by other people, and how much is left for what you planned.

When someone asks for a quick favour, I say yes before I have looked at what I have already promised that day.(Required)

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When a small favour someone asks me for starts to grow, I go along with it rather than draw a line.(Required)

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By the end of the day, most of my time has gone on what other people needed, not what I planned.(Required)

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I move my own plans to make room for someone else's, without really stopping to weigh it up.(Required)

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When my day is already full, I can tell someone I will get to their request later, without talking myself out of it.(Required)

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Your workload

A look at what lands on your plate, at work and at home, and how much of it was ever really yours to carry.

I agree to take something on before I have checked whether I have the room for it.(Required)

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I take on extra work or jobs because saying no feels worse than the work itself.(Required)

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I end up doing a task that was really someone else's, because pushing back feels harder than just doing it.(Required)

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When nobody else steps up for a task, I quietly take it on rather than ask whose it is.(Required)

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Before I say yes to more, I check what is already on my plate and answer from there.(Required)

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Your feelings

A look at what happens to your own mood when the people around you are stressed, low or upset.

When someone near me is stressed or low, I take their mood on as if it were mine.(Required)

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When someone brings me a problem, I start working out how to fix it before they have even asked me to.(Required)

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I put a lot of effort into making other people feel better, even when it leaves nothing for me.(Required)

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If someone is upset with me, the worry sits with me long after the moment has passed.(Required)

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I can care about how someone is feeling without making myself responsible for fixing it.(Required)

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Speaking up

A look at how easily you say what you need out loud, and what stops you when you hold back.

I go along with what other people want to avoid any friction, even when it is not what I want.(Required)

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I hold back from a boundary because I am worried about how the other person will react.(Required)

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When I do set a limit, I cushion it with so much explaining that the point gets lost.(Required)

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I say yes out loud while a quiet no is going on inside me, because the no feels too risky to say.(Required)

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I can say what I need in a few plain words, without a long run-up or an apology.(Required)

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Your energy

A look at how much of your energy goes out to everyone else, and how much you keep back to recover.

I push through being worn out rather than stop, because stopping feels like letting someone down.(Required)

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I fill every gap in my day, so there is no room left to recover.(Required)

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When someone needs me, I put my own rest or needs to the back of the queue.(Required)

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I only rest once everything and everyone else has been seen to, if there is any time left by then.(Required)

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When I am running low, I can protect a bit of time to recover before I give any more away.(Required)

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The ADHD Boundaries Quiz

Your time

Your workload

Your feelings

Speaking up

Your energy

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