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[–] 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Meanwhile, my ADHD: Why not both?

Overwhelmed by the presence of the unbelievable number of 2 tasks and be bored by the distraction I use to procrastinate

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why play life on easy mode, when you can play on god mode?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And people wonder why I cheat in single player video games!

    That's my escapism and wish fulfilment time, don't need it to be as frustratingly difficult as the real world!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’ve finally hit the age that Story Mode is my preferred game method.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Switched to that in Baldurs Gate today. Much better. When I want to tryhard something, it'll better give me RL rewards like a job or a child that has any chance in life I can give him. Video Games are there to relief stress.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So bored, so much schoolwork to do. 😮‍💨

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Every time I see a meme here it makes me think I probably have undiagnosed ADHD.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was about to type the exact same comment. But then again in every thread there are people saying "this isn't an ADHD only thing! Everyone does it! People with ADHD just do it to the extreme!" So who the fuck knows.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    The general thing with mental illness classification is "does the behaviour have a severe negative impact on your life?" (I know "severe" isn't well-defined either though).

    Something like Social Anxiety Disorder is probably the easiest to understand what's meant by "severe". Everyone has some social anxiety (and those that don't are usually socially oblivious) but most people don't have that anxiety stop them from completing necessary everyday tasks like making an appointment for a haircut or going to the grocery store (and make it take a lot of effort to do so when circumstances eventually force you to). It doesn't require the extreme case of some people that can't even leave their house out of that fear, but it has to have an impact.

    Not sure if that helps in any way, in the end a professional diagnosis is the only way to really find out.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    From all the overlap with symptoms I basically know it now, but I still have to get a diagnosis. My parents don't believe that the inattentive kind of adhd exists so they don't really let me.get a diagnosis

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ideal scenario: low stakes high priority items I hear about the morning of, can complete without having to consult anything else, and can slack off the other hour or two with no other ongoing tasks.

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    Me, every single time I have an extended amount of time off from work. There's so much time I can do anything I want, what's there even to do. What do I want to do? Wrestle with that until the last day then find something I really want to do and end up not having a lot of time for it.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Don't worry. Until given a deadline it'll be literally impossible for me to do anything about it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’ve had to tell my manager this. He’s like “no problem set one!” and I had to tell him “I understand this sounds like the worst thing for an employee to say, but I need you to set the deadline and I need you to hold me accountable. I need a tiny bit of external pressure.” He’s been very understanding without micro managing have to give credit

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's AWESOME! It's so rare to find a manager who will actually listen and help out like that. That's great!

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Why did you have to make it hot 😡

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    me: bored because there's too much to do

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Me: Be bored cuz there's nothing new to do. I don't wanna do repetitive things 😤

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Once I started taking medication and doing work that I enjoy, I haven’t been bored a single day.

    However, being overwhelmed is an agonizing constant in my life

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Writing a huge to do list to front load my day with fantasies about things I will do.

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