ALPIMS Start Here
What Is Hard Right Now?
You do not need to know which diagnosis, condition or ALPIMS domain is involved before looking for something that may help. Start with the difficulty in front of you.
You do not have to solve
everything at once.
What feels hardest right now?
Choose one. You can always come back and explore something else.
Quick Explore
I feel overwhelmed
Useful places to go next
These change depending on the difficulty you choose above.
Relevant ALPIMS areas
Broader sections that may help.
Tools & articles
More specific things to try.
Why can the same thing be easy one day and hard another?
Functional capacity changes. It is not just a measure of effort or motivation.
Your body
Pain, fatigue, sleep, illness,
hunger and physical symptoms
can change what is available.
Your brain
Executive function,
attention, processing and decision-making
can become harder under load.
Your senses
Noise, light, touch,
smells and busy environments
can quietly use a lot of capacity.
Your emotions
Stress, uncertainty,
worry and emotional activation
can reduce flexibility and thinking.
Your environment
A task may be manageable
in one place and very difficult
in another.
What came before
Earlier activity, appointments,
social demands or poor sleep
may affect what is possible now.
You do not need to find the perfect explanation
Sometimes the most useful question is simply: What could make this a little easier right now?