It's the getting up to do it. Your mind gets stuck in this weird circle jerk. That's where it's different that being lazy. Lazy people don't want to do anything. They actually work really hard to get out of it usually.

With executive dysfunction you want to do the work. You beat yourself up about it. You'll tell yourself that you're being lazy and really shred yourself. But you get hung up on the here to there. Its like:

I've got to do the dishes. I should get up an do the dishes before the day gets away. Ugh. I have to unload the dishwasher first. It got forgotten again. It's going to take 40 minutes to unload, load, and scrub the pots cause they didn't get rinsed out again. Do we have detergent? I can't remember I got some at the market. You spend 30 minutes trying to remember what you bought at the market, even looking for the receipt. Then you wonder why you didn't just check the cabinet. You beat yourself up some more and resolve to go look in the cabinet. After you go to the bathroom and take the dog out. The you get hung up ok the mail. When this episode is over. You've still got 2 hours before you have to go get the kids from school. Plenty of time. One more episode. Hard to beat yourself up when you're wrapped up in an adventure. Damn it that was 2 episodes. Time to go get the kids. Beat yourself up some more. Do I need gas? Maybe I should leave early in case.

Yeah, so basically your mind gets trapped in this circle jerk between obsessing over details, time warp, no being able to remember I you have what you need, and beating yourself up. You're tired, it's mentally exhausting, and it just goes round and round. It's like when you overwork a muscle or have an electrolyte imbalance and you have an annoying muscle twitch that won't quit. Only it's your brain misfiring on a repeat loop.

Well this got long. Sorry.