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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by MaryReadsBooks@lemmy.ml to c/adhd@lemmy.world

TLDR: Have you any tips or resources about how to be motivated to do things which you enjoy having ADHD in mind?


Hey, recently I had to stop my ADHD meds for a while.

Additionally I have a lot of time right now bec. of medical reasons and I try to do things I want to do instead of proctrastinating, so whenever I realize that I'm just doing stuff without actually enjoying them, I try to sit back, make me some tee and think about what I want to do. Like not in the future, but right now.

But the thing is, very often I just sit there and there is nothing I want to do. I try to enjoy doing nothing but it is kind of frustrating sitting there and thinking about what I want to do and nothing comes up.

I wanted to ask if this is a me thing or an ADHD related thing, and if so how you manage that. I either am completly stressed out with 100 projects at the same time or doing nothing and having no motivation to do anything. How can I be motivated to do things I enjoy? How to find things which I enjoy without sitting there and stressing out that currently I'm not motivated to do anything?

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[-] AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Motivation doesn't work because it's fleeing. You need to learn discipline. You need to to learn how to do the thing even if you don't want to do it.

"Have you tried not having ADHD?"

[-] AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I got diagnosed with ADHD in my 40s. So, believe me, I learned this the hard way.

[-] MaryReadsBooks@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

So how did you learn it? What do you do to be disciplined?

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