Just do something, even if it’s a terrible idea.
Example: I need to put up this shelf. I’ll get my tools. But first I need to find the right position, measure, make sure it’s level, line up the guide holes…well, before I pick the position, I should check for studs. Where’s the stud finder? Oh, I need a pencil too. And those magic sponges. Do I need to buy more of those? HOLY SHIT, IT’S BEEN TWO HOURS AND I’VE DONE NOTHING?
Drills hole in wall.
Ok. Now there’s a big hole in the wall. I need to resolve that before my wife comes home in an hour. That’s motivating. Let’s see if i can cover that with a shelf.
It’s so hard to drill that hole sometimes but it’s so true, even just doing something wrong but related is enough to prime things.
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“dropped a table” as in “little Bobby DROP TABLES”?
Mentioned it before but: Watch a show with crazy but functional characters until mirror-neurons/code-switching/whatever-the-hell-it-is kicks in and you start being able to act and think like them. Then do the task as that character. The more unhinged the character the better because then it’s just fun to kinda larp them in your head as you do your task, and it takes your mind off of the task itself but still gets you to do the task.
Also very helpful for writing essays btw. Like if normally you write essays “like a robot” just pick someone who speaks with charisma and write the essay in the way you think they would. I’m not joking, it really helps
Then I accidentally pick Cheryl/carol from archer and burn the whole place down.
Idk, you’re just as likely to release a banger of a country album
Outlaw country!
Just make sure you stay away from glue.
YOU’RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!!
Oh look another thing I do but never realized was due to my ADHD.
Coukd you recommend some shows good for this?
The last time I needed to do this (I got medicated shortly after) the first few episodes of Helluva Boss were coming out and several of those characters are quite… eccentric which makes it easier (and more fun) to hear them in your head as you do a stupid task.
If you have anxiety about the task, watching The Witcher might be a better option. That was my go-to for socially anxious tasks like going to the laundromat. Become Geralt and suddenly it is no longer frightening to do laundry but tedious to the point you’re too annoyed to be socially anxious lol
Watch Uncut Gems, really gets you into that hustler mindset.
Internet has ruined me
Can’t even read that without thinking of the stupid Unkah Jeahms meme
This reminds me of a piece of advice I once got when taking foreign language exams. Try to think how your teacher talks and writes and act like them. Embody them.
I would do that to an unhealthy degree if I liked more characters from my native language (dubs are usually lame) … hard to larp a character in a foreign language.
I do this, but I’ve never thought to turn it back on itself and use it to my advantage, pure genius!
So… How unhinged is your behavior? Where you from Dread Pirate Roberts to the first Freddy Kruger movie
Tell someone something is already done and that you’ll show them later.
Panic is a wonderful motivator.
My energy for school projects.
Blasting my brain out with really loud music usually helps.
Besides that, my brain is a lot either/or.
I am not great a eating balanced, getting a balanced amount of exercise, or doing anything else balanced.
When I went to university, I either studied 10h/day every day, or I did not study at all.
As soon as I start slacking on my own extreme goals for specific task, I lose almost all ability to get that thing done.
It’s extreme or nothing, it is now or not now.
Blasting my brain out
Oh no.
with really loud music
Phew.
Currently blasting the new single by Muse, Unravelling, in my office, trying to force myself to do a mundane task at work…
New Muse track, you say? :D
The latest was released today! It is awesome, but Unravelling is my favorite so far, but Hexagons, which was released today is also really good.
Muse has some great songs and good albums as well; however since Something Human I’ve been nothing but disappointed, personally.
I agree, so I was quite surprised when I listened to their latest singles this morning. The latest single, Hexagons, was released today.
Their new singles is called Hexagons, Cryogen, Be With You and Unravelling, and I actually like all of them.
I think I listened to Cryogen and wasnt a huge fan but I’ll definitely see about the others.
Also it seems ones.enjoyment of a song tends to grow parabolically with time so if I really wanted I could just listen to it a lot and eventually id like it. Im experiencing this with Tool now. Never used to like them really but I have been enjoying the Aenima album
Cryogen is a bit meh, but give Unravelling a go, it is IMO the best of the new songs, while Hexagons also have potential, but I haven’t listened to it enough yet.
But it also really depends on ones taste in Muse’s songs. They really differ a lot. One of my favourites is Exo-Politics.
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Well I really like both the accoustic and original Sonething Human. I also like Drones (song in particular), Newborn, oh and I quite like all of the alternative song versions towards the end of 20th Century edition of Absolution Album
The intro to be with you sounds like it might up my alleyway
Maybe I’m just being obtuse but I really feel Matt Bellamy has the skill to be amongst the greatest artist (at lesst in pop/rock) but its like hes just not getting at it the right way or something. Its like hes edging greatness and that is frustrating
Buy absolutely miniscule amounts of food so hunger drives me out of my house to get things done.
Refuse to use AC because I love being outside in the summer but fucking hate leaving the house.
I feel this one.
Induce panic. Just spiral out of control about that shit until you get the adrenaline, then start doing coping mechanisms to get the anxiety to a level you can function but you can only function on the thing you’re specifically freaked the fuck out about.
It ain’t good for you, but it works in a pinch
Stare at a wall for 15min. At some point I actually tart tripping
According to legend the monk Bodhidarma achieved enlightenment just by staring at a cave wall, it’s a time-honored tradition
I wonder what he was avoiding.
My wife and I are completely opposite with this one here. If I stare at a wall for 15 min, we are not sure I will get back to the surface again, so peaceful… while my wife would suddenly rather fix our lawn mower. She’s like the squirrel from Over The Hedge… She’s diagnosed with ADHD and I am with ADD, it’s quite obvious when looking at us, haha.
Getting arrested.
I wasn’t arrested, but held for questioning because my car was near the scene of the incident. So I had to wait there for 30 minutes and give a statement.
Those 30 minutes, I was having a ball thinking creatively.
That’s why when I really need to get a project done, I call 911 and SWAT my own house. There. Instant meaningful deadline. Only a few minutes to work, and that’s the only chance you’ll have for the rest of the day at least! 😂
Got a homework assignment due that you wont make? Swat yourself and get arrested, its the new my dog ate my homework excuse with an actual record to prove it!
Jokes on you (well, actually me), I don’t have one! I’m just stuck and the only thing that helps that is another person making me do it.
This is me and my therapist literally built in time to our sessions just so she could browbeat me into calling the bank about a chargeback or whatever
Dang, I know the feeling/situation but haven’t had that with a therapist.
It was my mom for a long time, but she was and still is way too easy on me and just does the stuff, like cleaning, herself whenever the situation comes up.
But I pushed for years to get, in Swedish, “boendestöd” (tried to find a good translation but none is really correct, it’s kinda housing/accommodation support, but more in some ways but focused on helping me getting things done and not them doing it). Had it for about 10 months now and it has helped so much. One major thing is being able to meet with her and other family just to hang out and not for help, it’s something I’ve wanted get to for so long.
If there’s something like that where you live I highly recommend it, it’s definitely scary at first since you’re letting at the absolute minimum one person into your life and home even when it’s really bad but it’s so worth it. You get to know them and they learn how to push you in a good way, I’ve come to a point where I often manage to start cleaning and other stuff that’s needed even before they get here which is something I wouldn’t have guessed would happen, at least so quickly.Turns out there’s a fine line between therapist and dominator/trix?
ketamine. Doesn’t work anymore, don’t try it
but there has been at least three times I took some k and for some reason I got this primal, savage and wild urge to clean my house
why? idk
Disclaimer: this is not an endorsement for using street drugs. I am not a doctor.
Dopamine is why. All prescription ADHD meds increase ambient dopamine levels so that executive control is easier. Recreational drugs tend to feel good, and elevated dopamine levels are usually in the mix when it comes to sensations like that.
I read a book that convinced me that anything I thought I ‘should’ do was completely optional. I did the 'had to’s as I’d always done, and if a ‘should’ came up I did it if I felt like it and was able to not worry about it if I didn’t. It was a pretty nice week. Therapist laughed at it when I told them, and that was the end of that.
Micro dosing THC, like if a dose is 10 (mg?) I eat 2.5. Not enough to feel the effects at all, weed usually makes me so stupid and totally unproductive, but weirdly, a small amount focuses me. I’m like just zoned enough to not over think anything, but totally present enough to complete everything i need to do, well.
Beyond that, no breaks, no eating, just coffee. I can get a ton done, the bit of hunger also focuses me. In this mode, I just let the productivity flow, and don’t try to necessarily stay on exact task. If half way through organizing all the toys in the house I remember to write a thank you note, I just get the supplies out, push a clear space in the toys and bang it out. Trying to ignore the impulses and stay perfectly on task just burns me out. Anyway, I get right back to the toys, and the letter is addressed with a stamp, so I end up with a bunch of tasks done.
I absolutely crash at the end of the day, feel sick from not eating with the caffeine, and my body hurts from zero breaks. But if I eat or sit at all I’m done for the day.
I do this somewhat also except that I tend to smoke a lot but I have a high tolerance so it just kind of mellows me enough to get into it and then I lose track of time and go to town. I used to feel like this with one or two beers too but I quit drinking and its a lot unhealthier to do as a regular thing.
Have you seen this xkcd?
Lol I had not seen it, but I feel seen by it!
Idk How much this really is related to Neurodivergency and how much is addiction/suppressing depression, but for me being at least to some degree stoned definitely helps with getting stuff done. At this point, I can do pretty much anything while being stoned. Housework, cleaning, even coding. All of it can be done while being stoned.
Hi me!
I misunderstood this as hacks to get adhd people stuck.
Hand them a menu
What really gets me is packing for the airport. So many random things all need to be packed and I sometimes just walk back and fourth trying to decide what to pack next.
Ask them “are you sure you haven’t forgot anything important?” Just as they try to leave for the day.
Make them late as fuck for no reason
Umm do not do that to me!
Pretty, shiny flypaper
Have a child. They’ll remind you when you’re getting distracted again.
children exist to remind you of your flaws.
when people say those with mental illnesses shouldn’t have kids, this is actually the reason, not so that the child also doesn’t have the mental illness.
