I always enjoy reading others have these behaviors. My wife thinks it's funny how I pace when on the phone. Sometimes I even move from room to room and back, pa

I always enjoy reading others have these behaviors. My wife thinks it's funny how I pace when on the phone. Sometimes I even move from room to room and back, pacing the house. I have recently been working from home, and one of the added benefits is I can take a walk and it's not a big deal and no one bothers me. At work it was awkward walking the parking lot and usually people would stop and try to chat. walks significantly lower my anxiety level and help me focus. I use the White Noise app on my phone with the rain on a tent sound loaded to get to sleep. It's a great little app, takes me significantly less time to sleep. Showers are great, I also enjoy a long drive during periods of little or no traffic. Really anything where I'm thinking and engaged but also sort of in autopilot - routine acts. I didn't realize I had ADHD until I was older, and I went to therapy for anxiety and depression. When I was young I struggled a lot, but it was always approached from the angle of discipline and 'just focus and get it done.' I started to develop bad habits of internally beating myself up when I couldn't focus, or I realized a simple homework item was taking me ages - usually because I'd stop to read something out of a novel, or work on a drawing, or just doodle all down the sides of my paper. Then I'd bring myself back, "C'mon, don't be an idiot, this is easy." I developed the same bad habit for depression, "Just cheer up, stop being such a gloomy ass." I often wish I had been more open with my difficulties earlier in life and talked to my parents and teachers about how I was feeling. As a kid, though, that was an unappealing notion.