• Eevoltic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    54·
    6 months ago

    This was me the other day. I spent hours and hours coding up some things in python when all I was supposed to do were the dishes.

    The dishes didn’t get done because it was too hard, but I got fancy looking weather graphs from the data from my air quality sensor that I built while avoiding other simple chores that really ought to have been done by now.

    People think I’m lazy and refuse to listen to me about this, but it literally gets in the way of things like eating and sleeping.

    • meyotch@slrpnk.netEnglish
      28·
      6 months ago

      The struggle is real and most don’t get it. Ive had to forcibly quit hobbies that triggered that ‘lock-in’ because my life was going along unmanaged. There’s no explaining it to peoole who don’t experience it.

      • Lemmington Bunnie@aussie.zone
        English
        8·
        6 months ago

        I have taken up cross stitching and can spend an entire day just sitting and working on a one.

        I want to watch ALL THE TV SHOWS AND MOVIES before I die (well the ones that interest me), but my hands get bored so usually I’ll play Switch games but then I’m often not really paying a lot of attention to either thing.

        With cross stitching, I can get focused if it’s a difficult part or I’ve made a mistake, but mostly I can follow the plot of the show/film much better.

        Plus I get a lovely physical “trophy” at the end, and have given a few as gifts.

    • frogfruit@slrpnk.netEnglish
      10·
      6 months ago

      Yup I will sit there hyper focused on code for hours and often ignore the need to eat, hydrate, or urinate, which results in frequent UTIs, dehydration headaches, eye strain, and chronic back/hip pain. People say hyper focus is a super power, but it comes at a cost. Meds help with powering through undesirable tasks, but they can make the hyper focus even worse.

      • Eevoltic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Meds help with powering through undesirable tasks, but they can make the hyper focus even worse.

        Omg, I can relate to this so much. Sometimes I don’t have my meds because I don’t want to risk hyperfocusing on something for too long. I don’t see many people talk about this one.

        Fortunately I can’t sit still for too long, so I don’t get back pain.

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comMEnglish
    281·
    6 months ago

    Someone told me today that there’s someone writing books about how people with ADHD have a secret focus superpower. I just laughed bitterly.

    • frogfruit@slrpnk.netEnglish
      12·
      6 months ago

      I think I read that one and it was dumb AF. Basically just a bunch of anecdotes about rich celebrities with ADHD having successful careers.

    • rabbit_wren@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      For me it’s not the fun kind of super power, like Spider-Man. It’s more like The Hulk: can’t control when it shows up, can’t control when it stops, can’t control it while I’m using it and makes me do things I normally wouldn’t (like the dishes) and it’s usually fueled by strong emotions then followed by a crash.

  • Transporter Room 3@startrek.websiteEnglish
    25·
    6 months ago

    I make knives and swords as a hobby.

    Really what that means is unless someone comes up and asks me to make one for them, about twice a year I get super into it, disappear for 5-10 days, and come out with a smattering of different styles to hopefully sell.

    Usually I end up making things for Christmas and birthdays to give away, so I don’t actually make any money off the hobby.

    There’s also a pile of clothes sitting in my corner I probably won’t think about again today, and I actually do need to wash dishes…

    I came here to laugh, damn it!

    • Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      It’s okay to not ruin your hobby by monetizing it.

      I would love to make knives but I know I’ll do it once and then spend a bunch of money on better stuff and never do it again.

      My success story is drumming. I’ve been doing it 5 days a week since I bought the kit in the pandemic. People always ask me if I’m going to play in a band (I used to play guitar in a couple local go-nowhere acts). That time of my life is over for now though, I just enjoy getting incrementally better at it.

      Hope the next knife you make is really dope and you feel really good about it.

      • Transporter Room 3@startrek.websiteEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        I don’t do any kind of marketing beyond “oh yeah, I make knives too” and I am always fairly loose with deadlines specifically because I don’t want it to feel like a job.

        I never really thought to myself “I’m gonna make money off this” but I know I could if I actually tried to.

        Not sure what the next knife I make will be, but I will most likely be using my forge welded 15n20/1084 billet. So regardless, it’ll look pretty sweet

  • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I think this sub has convinced me I actually have ADHD. via memes and introspection on how they make me feel. Not sure if sad or happy I understand myself more.

    • jeffhykin@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      It’s always good to understand yourself more! All people have weaknesses, the successful ones just know how to play to their strengths.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    And then you have to stop work because [it’s late, you didn’t eat, something else needs to be done, etc.] and then you can’t get beck to work on the project. Because ADHD reasons. And it becomes a crisis and has to be dealt with and/or it’s late anyway.