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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hyperfocus is an amazing tool, unfortunately we have no fucking control over it.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 60 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Yeah, like I dunno, I think a lot of things I do by accident with my ADHD are super cool. But it definitely hurts more than it helps, and I don't think that's just because "we live in a society". This post feels like huffing a suffocating dose of copium.

  • "Oh, sorry, I heard literally every word of what you just said, but my brain encoded nothing."
  • "My sleep schedule is casually off by like five hours because I lost track of time hyperfocusing on learning about competitive Jenga until 4 AM."
  • "I know I could have been doing things, but I had this thing I needed to be at in 8 hours, so I just couldn't focus on them."
  • "I either lose everything or create an intricate, tedious framework for where I keep everything at all times."
  • "I struggle immensely to cope with stress in a healthy way and have issues with my temper."
  • "If I can focus at all, it will be on exactly one thing, either for unhealthily long periods of time to the detriment of everything else or for so briefly that I accomplish nothing before moving on to the next dopamine rush."
  • "I have a much higher risk of substance abuse because my body is starving for dopamine."
  • "I have trouble keeping promises I've made to other people because they vanish out of my mind."
  • "I constantly miss small details and need to quintuple check everything I do."
  • "My priorities are constantly fucked, and I consistently put off everything until the last minute."
  • "It often feels physically painful for me to focus when it's not on the first thing my brain decides it wants to do."
[–] jnovinger@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

Crap, now I need to know about competitive Jenga ...

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

Like watching into mirror

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

ffs literally every single bullet point applies to me (not that this is news)

Yep it sucks ass

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Are…are you me?

[–] PixelProf@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I know this is in response to a post saying your ADHD is not other people's ADHD, but I'm pretty sure your ADHD is my ADHD.