ERIS: ADHD Outfit Ideas for Work From Home Decision Fatigue
Why I made ERIS (from someone who barely leaves the house)
I work from home. I built my life around it.
As a founder, I don’t have a “real” reason to leave the house most days. No commute. No office. No one expecting me to show up in person. Honestly, this suits me. I’m neurodivergent. I like my own space. I like controlling my environment.
But there’s a weird side effect nobody warns you about.
You stop getting dressed.
The hoodie and leggings loop
If you’re autistic, ADHD, or both, you already know how this goes.
You wake up. Your brain is already spending points. You pick the easiest thing. Leggings. Oversized hoodie. Crocs. Maybe sleepwear all day. Comfort wins. Executive function is saved for the stuff that actually matters.
Then days stack up.
Then weeks.
Then suddenly your “work from home wardrobe” is one outfit on repeat, and everything else in your closet feels like it belongs to a different version of you.
The version who used to care.
The version who used to feel good putting an outfit together.
Getting dressed at home feels stupid. Until it doesn’t.
There’s a social vibe right now that says getting dressed up is cringe. Like you’re trying too hard. Like you’re doing it “for attention.” Even if you’re literally sitting at home alone.
That’s part of why it’s so appealing to me.
Because I miss the feeling. I miss the click in my brain when I look put together. I miss the tiny bit of power it gives you. The “I can handle today” feeling.
Even something small helps. Putting on lipstick can do it instantly. It’s a fast switch from “blob mode” to “person with a plan.”
And yeah, comfort matters. But staying in the same loungewear cycle for too long does something to your mood. Your posture changes. Your energy changes. How you act changes. It’s subtle, then it’s not.
The real problem was decision fatigue
The issue wasn’t that I didn’t own clothes I liked.
The issue was choosing.
When you’re burned out, dealing with ADHD decision fatigue, or in shutdown, picking an outfit can feel impossible. Your brain treats it as a full task. Too many options. Too many steps. Too many chances to get it “wrong.”
So you pick the default. Again.
I got sick of blaming myself for it.
So I built something I could blame instead.
Why I created ERIS
ERIS is an outfit generator for neurodivergent women who work from home and feel stuck in the hoodie loop. It’s for the “I used to love style” crowd who now wants something expensive-looking and intentional again, without turning it into homework.
Here’s what I wanted it to do for me:
- Give me an outfit suggestion so I don’t have to decide
- Push me into random combinations I would not pick myself
- Make it feel like an experiment, not a personal failing
- Give me cover to wear something “extra” on a normal day
That “cover” part matters more than I expected.
When ERIS suggests something a bit weird, I can try it with less shame. It wasn’t me being dramatic. The app told me to. I’m just following instructions.
It sounds small. It’s not.
It accidentally became a closet clearout tool
Once you start actually wearing the things you own, you get clarity fast.
Stuff sits in your closet for years because you never test it. You keep it “just in case.” You keep it because it cost money. You keep it because you want to be the kind of person who wears it.
But when ERIS pushes it into rotation, you finally get a clean yes or no.
If you wear it and feel wrong, donate it. No guilt. It failed the real-life test. That’s useful data.
So ERIS helps with outfit ideas, and it helps with closet decluttering, without you having to do a big emotional “capsule wardrobe” project.
If this is you
If you’re an autistic or ADHD woman in your 30s or 40s, working from home after burnout, and you miss feeling like yourself in your clothes, I made ERIS for you.
If you’re stuck in leggings, hoodies, and Crocs, and you want a way out that doesn’t require motivation, same.
If you want your wardrobe to feel intentional again, but your brain won’t choose, also same.
That’s the whole reason ERIS exists.
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