i feel like this too all the time im not making progress on critical life things  thing is though are you really giving yourself credit for what youve actually done  i feel this way really intensely but when i actually enumerate the shit ive been up to its a mountain on top of working full time i felt like this after working my arse off to create something in a week and i didnt feel like this after a staycation where i just slobbed around for a week straight the only difference was not having this looming feeling like i havent done a task giving myself permission to relax  theres things you can do about feeling this way it sounds corny but making a reverse to-do list -- where you write down all the things you have achieved today  this week even if they feel minor -- really does help put things into perspective and helps you celebrate what you are doing try it every time you feel like this  the second strategy is to recognise those looming tasks that are making you feel like you cant  shouldnt relax keep breaking them down into smaller bits ask whats blocking you on them and forgive yourself for being blocked every time you make a step towards completing it acknowledge that youre working hard and youre making progress stop comparing yourself to people who can do it effortlessly you cant but you can start to appreciate your own hard work  all this is because we dont seem to get the same sense of innate satisfaction  reward out of completing tasks that people without adhd do - this means all we really do is pile up the feelings of frustration from the doing the task  trying to get ourselves to do the task and our minds get no reprieve hence why these techniques work if you want reprieve youll have to do it manually