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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

[-] unknown@piefed.social 1 points 14 hours ago

Coukd you recommend some shows good for this?

[-] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago

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

[-] ilovepiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

Watch Uncut Gems, really gets you into that hustler mindset.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Then I accidentally pick Cheryl/carol from archer and burn the whole place down.

[-] mudstickmcgee@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

Idk, you're just as likely to release a banger of a country album

[-] Valthorn@feddit.nu 12 points 1 day ago

Outlaw country!

Just make sure you stay away from glue.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!!

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Oh look another thing I do but never realized was due to my ADHD.

[-] hairynipple@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 23 hours ago

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.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[-] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I do this, but I've never thought to turn it back on itself and use it to my advantage, pure genius!

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

So.. How unhinged is your behavior? Where you from Dread Pirate Roberts to the first Freddy Kruger movie

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