u/aplleshadewarrior

Guys I need advice.

My neighbor offered me a job managing/counting car parts. The salary is decent, but I have ADHD and I already know repetitive inventory-type work is really hard for me mentally.

What pressures me is that he basically said this isn’t a short-term job and if I join, I should stay long term. Since he’s my neighbor, I’d feel guilty quitting later.

I’m not interested in the field at all, and I’m scared I’ll accept because of pressure then end up trapped and miserable after a few weeks or months.

How do people with ADHD know when to push through a job vs when to refuse something that clearly doesn’t fit them?

Hey everyone,

I just got offered a job in a car parts shop by my neighbor. I have no experience in this field and I’m honestly really anxious about it.

I deal with ADHD and anxiety, and in the past I’ve struggled a lot with jobs and learning new things. I often feel overwhelmed, I forget things, and I get stressed when I have to deal with people or fast situations. Because of that, I’m scared I’ll fail again or mess things up like before.

The job is basically helping customers find car parts, checking stock, answering questions, etc. It sounds simple but in my head it feels very stressful because I don’t know anything about cars or parts yet.

Also, I should mention that in my country we don’t really have access to ADHD stimulant medication, so I’m trying to manage everything without that kind of treatment.

I want to try because I need work and I don’t want to keep avoiding things, but I also feel this fear of repeating my past failures.

Has anyone here with ADHD gone through something similar when starting a new job with no experience? How did you handle the anxiety and learning process?

Any advice would really help

a lot of people send me their instagram to review… and tbh it’s kinda frustrating to see

because most of them clearly don’t know what they’re doing, but still ask “why am i not getting followers or views?

talking from 10+ years on instagram and other platforms… instagram is literally the easiest place to blow up right now. people just suck at using it , it’s not your niche , your page just looks bad. be honest, would YOU follow your own account?

fix your profile first. clean pfp, clear bio, pinned posts that actually show what you do. if your page looks dead, no one’s following even if a reel pops

then content… reels matter but not your boring repetitive “idea” posts. make it attractive, fast, strong hook. give people a reason to stop.

and when something works stop changing everything. double down on it. same style, same format, run it again and again until it dies then repeat again

that’s literally how pages grow

instagram isn’t hard… you just don’t know how to play the game yet