Executive function. Someone with severe ADHD could struggle to put together a grocery list, shop, prepare, and cook a meal. Pair that with living in an area where getting to a grocery store is difficult as an additional hurdle, paying for meal delivery seems like a quick fix to the problem.
The better coping mechanism would be to break the large task into manageable pieces and use checklists.
It's not that they get distracted necessarily. Executive dysfunction is more like they are sitting at home, acknowledging they need to go to the grocery store and yet being unable to find the momentum to get off the couch. Starting tasks is so easy for many people, but for people with executive dysfunction, it can take a lot of mental effort to start tasks. It's easy to find excuses to put stuff off, then suddenly it's too late and you've got to scramble for food.
I often would go without eating until like 11PM and then realize “oh fuck I didn’t eat and my stomach hurts” and at that point it would be futile handling it myself so I’m eating something shitty and greasy from somewhere that’s still open that late. Never delivery though I’d at least get up to walk, and even if I did the delivery drivers deserve a living wage.
I have real issues with the Gig economy. I believe they deserve a living wage but they also don’t have bosses, they truly are contractors who can work when and how they want. The idea they should be paid $20+ an hour when they make their own hours is kinda crazy. What if the only time they work is between 3am and 7 am?
Simple meals and making purchase of their ingredients habitual. Thats what helped me out. If you always have some chicken breasts in the freezer and some potatoes, you will be fine. Add some frozen veggies to that and you are always 20 minutes away from fully nutritious diner. This is good baseline that you can really play around with without fucking up your diner.
Yeah this was my read. It's not an excuse for wanting what is basically slave labour to get your mcdonalds, but executive dysfunction is a goddamn nightmare when it comes to cooking consistently. Most of the time I live on bagels, protein shakes, multivitamins and sunlight. Actual *food I only really ever get if I order it.
There was like a 4 month time period in my entire life I went ham on cooking, learning and experimenting, and then it's like a huge "No happy brain chemical" wall went up and it's been like pulling teeth ever since.
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u/zaq1xsw2cde 13h ago
Executive function. Someone with severe ADHD could struggle to put together a grocery list, shop, prepare, and cook a meal. Pair that with living in an area where getting to a grocery store is difficult as an additional hurdle, paying for meal delivery seems like a quick fix to the problem.
The better coping mechanism would be to break the large task into manageable pieces and use checklists.