If someone has never experienced executive dysfunction, they have never had the experience of wanting to do something desperately while thinking about it every second but still not being able to will themselves to do it. Explaining that this is the experience of executive dysfunction is straightforward enough for anyone who doesn't experience it to understand.

A huge issue with any explanation is the willingness to understand it. If someone is not even trying to understand what you're explaining, that doesn't mean the explanation is bad, it means that person has no respect for you. Someone who does have some respect for you would make a good faith effort to try to understand if it doesn't make sense to them.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

wanting to do something desperately while thinking about it every second but still not being able to will themselves to do it.

Hell, that's me trying to get out of bed unless I have to pee.