Is inertia executive functioning?

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I laughed so much at this- I had a subscription that never used after I stopped for this year long project thing.... but kept paying for it (so stupid of me...) for like two years? It subtracted from my bank account every month for two years @_____@ That's a LOT of wasted money.... I just kept telling myself "Oh, I'll turn it off next time- oh I might use it... oh... " I never did........

Oh jesus christ- I just looked at this line from the article that was posted:
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"Imagine how challenging a typical day is in an emerging adult’s life. They have to be able to get up in time to do their morning routine, eat, and get to school, work, or volunteering, either by car, foot, or public transportation. They have to be able to run errands like grocery shop within a budget, mail bills, get to doctor’s appointments, etc. At home, they have to manage their apartment, keeping it clean and maintained. They need to prepare their meals, find social activities to fill their time, do laundry, and get to bed at a reasonable hour. They are learning to do these things mostly on their own when, in the past, others have done the tasks for them or assisted them."
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Story of my life... =__= adult life that is... well actually child-life too I suppose- huh, interesting!! I didn't know about this. Good to know!

(P.S.: I hate you Captcha...)

I have this too and honestly it's so frustrating. There are things I could be doing to help my anxiety but I just can make myself do them. So I just stay still and get even more anxious. Like the person above, I think this is one of the worst symptoms of AS.

I am so glad to see that you guys can relate to this.
UA, You had me laughing when I read your posts.

I suffer from executive function and this inertia thing is a double edge sword for me, although in the last few years I have strictly forced myself to do things straight away as they come and really turned it into obsession but the stress and anxiety of doing this and the pressure to complete my list almost makes the anxiety stress more than when i left it till the last minute.

: 3 I like to hear that I bring some humor to people's day.
And that people find humor in these sometimes silly situations.

Whether it's an EF issue depends on whether you actually enjoy the activity you're not doing.

If you have no real interest in doing the thing, but know it needs to be done, then doing it requires executive function.

If it's something you normally do just for fun, then not being able to do it could be two things:

a) getting stuck in your current activity (which is an executive function issue)

b) loss of capacity to enjoy something you'd normally enjoy (which is a symptom of depression unrelated to EF)