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A casual community for people with ADHD
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I got to the part where it says Try being bored for 30 days, and it felt about that long by the time I got to that point, so I figure I’m cured now.
I thought “I’m always bored am I cured then?”
And my mind has always been like this even before social media.
If I read a book I hyperfixate on it and don’t put it down until I’m done which can be a whole 27 hours.
If I am talking with my partner or if I am trying to study my mind starts to wander thinking “Hmm. I wonder what we’ll fo for dinner tonight. Oh. But then we need the pan. I better clean the pan. Oh but these trash needs to be taken out but I don’t want to do that now I’ll just chill a bit. Oh were you talking to me?”
Existing is hard sometimes and it’s not because I’m looking at reels two times per month.
“Just try harder”
Evidently, that’s all it takes according to most people I know.
A very dear friend of mine, which unfortunately is a bit sheltered, couldn’t really understand how I can’t focus. “I also have to read a page several times to get the information to stick I don’t understand what you mean.”
And then I tried to explain that when I read a page my mind just thinks of other things and after several pages I realise that from like the 3rd sentence I have been thinking about other things. So I try to read them again and again and again. And It’s not like I’m actually reading I just go through the motions of turning the pages of my economy book while my brain is doing the equivalent of taking the ring to mordor.
This friend didn’t really understand how people could be depressed either “I mean. Just don’t be sad all the time. That’s what I do.”
@Tuss @Rhynoplaz I had a doctor tell me to just think happy thoughts.
Wait. Choosing your thoughts IS AN OPTION?!?
Later guys! Gotta use this and go turn my life around!