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[-] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 47 points 2 years ago

This is funny but also like really really deeply sad

[-] H1jAcK@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago
[-] kismattic@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

I feel seen, also how do you actually break out of this cycle, it’s been decades. 💀

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

Some people find it to be a huge help to start their day immediately with a scheduled activity like a class at a gym. 6am spin class or crossfit or some shit.

Forces you to get up and get your ass moving first thing and if you can ride the endorphins out of the gym and into a bunch of other productive activities you will probably get more done by lunch than any other whole day.

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Something something body in motion

[-] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Something something idle hands something devil's workshop

[-] kismattic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That seems like it makes sense. Which probably stems from me not having a regular sleep cycle with some of the Twitch streaming I do at night. Trying to balance work/family/life along with that is pretty difficult to get a good sleep schedule. Maybe I’ll try to do some workouts or exercises before work if I don’t feel dead in the morning.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

It needs to be a regimented "I now do this regardless" activity. If you put in the qualifier of "If I dont feel dead" then you never will, because who feels fantastic getting up at 5:00 to go to the gym?

[-] kismattic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Oof you got me! I had a feeling I’d be called out for the qualifier and with good reason! The reason for that was if I’m going to sleep late, then 5am gym isn’t feasible, but it sounds like I need to recalibrate my schedule so I don’t feel dead to be able to accommodate for some kind of morning activity.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Oh dont get me wrong, my advice is generic. I dont know your life, I dont even follow my own advice. But I start work at 5 so my alarm goes off at 4:15 so I start my day by arriving at work cranky and go from there. I go on the way home every day because I know if I go home first its game over on the rest of the day.

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[-] nick@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

I broke out by getting diagnosed and getting put on medication.

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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

It's getting really bad because now it's ADHD mixed with massive depression because of the cycle I feel stuck in, the meds aren't helping me do anything but stay awake and have more energy. I'm about to lose everything I care for in life because I just can't shake my mind out of this shit.

[-] CluelessDude@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

Make sure to talk with your Doctor and express that feeling, I've been also in testing meds cycle it sucks but I'm sure I'll find something that works, you got this.

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[-] PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think these are normal steps for a variety of people. I'm pretty sure I'm not ADHD but every time one of these style posts pops up listing traits or supposed ADHD defining behaviour they are always relatable. Most likely explanation is these posts are nothing to do with ADHD and are actually designed to just make you feel special when you see that these apply to you so you interact with them, share them, and they spread to others and it repeats and repeats and repeats...

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

I think you might be lost. And, just for clarity we all have moments but ADHD is about this happening constantly.

[-] PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Why am I lost? And yes the particular scenario in this post is a regular occurrence. No matter how much time I have I will always put things off until the point where if I don't do it now I won't have time. Then I'll try and start it but the up doing something more interesting and thinking of excuses to get away with not finishing what I was supposed to. It's always something easy too and when I finally do it I tell myself that's next time I'll keep on top of it but never do.

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 16 points 2 years ago

Have you considered that you actually do have ADHD

[-] PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

No, I've just always thought that I am a bit lazy or self absorbed and only want to do the fun things. I do give through periods where I make an effort to correct it but it never sticks.

[-] frogfruit@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

It sounds like trolling because it's so typical of those of us with late diagnoses. We also believed this about ourselves prior to getting evaluated.

[-] PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Definitely not trolling no. My comments are genuinely how I am but I don't think that because I put things off until the last minute that it's anything out of the ordinary. I am actually now a bit curious because more than one person is saying the same thing but I'm not going to self diagnose based on comments on the internet.

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The thing that makes people with ADHD think they don’t have ADHD is the “hyperactive” part. Not everyone with adhd is actually hyperactive, but if you find be yourself unable to muster the motivation to do things you know you’re supposed to do, but the ability to hyper focus on things you want to do, that’s incredibly characteristic of ADHD.

[-] dai@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Me not emailing my negative UDS and EKG results to my psych until the day of my diagnosis.

Instead for that week I was procrastinating, trying to unspaghetti my NixOS installation, installing a PS2 emulator to play a title that dankpods reminded me of.

I'd been beating myself up over this shit for years, people in my life too just thinking I'm lazy and disorganised. Only took me until 36 to get a diagnosis 🤘 Happy I did.

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[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago
[-] the_artic_one@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago

If you're trolling right now then you're doing an A+ job.

[-] PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I am genuinely not trolling although I have no way of proving it.

[-] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

If you're not trolling you just perfectly described what it's like to be in denial about having ADHD

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 13 points 2 years ago

He sounds like one of those conservative men who talks about resisting 'temptation' and genuinely doesn't realise that straight men just aren't interested in boning other men in the first place. It's the same energy.

[-] PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Sorry I don't mean to come across like that. I just always assumed these types of posts were like Horoscopes and designed to contain elements so the majority of people reading it would go 'oh wow that describes me'. Reading the responses I'm realising that this assumption may well be completely wrong and I should re-evaluate.

[-] breakingcups@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

If you live somewhere with sane health insurance, consider a small conversation with your doctor to rule it out. You might consider yourself normal because it's all you've ever known.

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[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Because that is only one symptom. And there are many different reasons why people could behave that way (even on a regular basis). It neither has to be ADHD nor any other mental health problem at all.

I wish more people would see that society holds us up to an in-humane standard and many people "fail" when compared to that standard.

When more than half of all people suffer from some type of mental health issue it's quite obvious something with the system is wrong and not with us.

ADHD encompasses a variety of debilitating symtopms that are consistently present from the beginning of someone's lives. Otherwise it can't be ADHD.

It's a cheap way to deal with our system-issues to brainwash people into believing somehow their brains are wrong.

[-] sidekickplayah 12 points 2 years ago

It's so real it hurts, weekends just hop out the window

[-] sweetcuppincakes@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago
[-] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

This is some people after Adderall

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[-] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

How do you get out of this loop?

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 2 years ago
  • Hyperfixate on getting out the the loop
  • Get stuck in new loop
[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

You don't, you just learn to operate within it.

[-] Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

You fool!

Just make a pact with the devil instead. ... Adderall helps too.

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[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

relatable. Good morning. I'm doing the first 5 hours part of my day right now. catchya later.

update 7 hours later: I just did a productive thing!

Now back to some well-earned Lemmy time.

[-] JoMomma@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Every fucking day

[-] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

My trick is to do as much as possible during the first hours of the day, and THEN get anxious.

[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It's past midnight and I have an assignment I need to finish today... but I really need to research the latest real-time physics engines.

[-] SeeMinusMinus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Wait a secondo, is that my routine?

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago
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[-] Dra@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

This is being a normal human being at the weekend. This isn't ADHD specific.

[-] Torty@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

I think the original tweet is saying this is their every day life bc of their adhd.

Being their every day state of existence and not having any control over it is the piece that is adhd specific I believe.

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

There's always one of you people who has to chime in like this. Yes, neurotypicals can be like this. But for a person with ADHD it's not a choice, it's far more intense, and it's debilitating when you're aware of it and can't force yourself to do otherwise.

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