Overfunctioning · ADHD Harmony™

Overfunctioning

When I had my therapist appointment on Wednesday, he brought up this word. He said some of how I feel are similar to overfunctioning. Have you heard of it? When I read about it, I recognized quite a bit. Usually in a familial setting. But, it’s me to everyone. They come before me. Their/your hurt, I want to take away There’s a bunch of psychology involved.

Look it up. Let me know if you think he was accurate. When I provided it in context with charge, it said, “You tend to assign greater importance to other people’s needs, distress, comfort, or problems than to your own, and then you act accordingly.

That absolutely can show up as overfunctioning. But the “because they feel more worth it to you than you do” part overlaps especially strongly with what the clinical literature calls self-sacrifice or other-directedness.

New terminology to study, but a portion of it describes me. Exactly what ChatGPT said.

This isn’t a check in. It’s almost 2:30. We were watching several episodes of a show on Netflix. This is the end of my wind down.

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Overfunctioning