what would it be like being neurotypical?
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30816063
i cant wrap my head around it
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30816063
i cant wrap my head around it
Saw this post on the autism community and made me wonder from an ADHD perspective, what would it be?
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30816063
i cant wrap my head around it
I imagine they can implement the incredibly unhelpful advice I’ve received so many times.
“Just don’t think about it.” Whatever “it” is at the moment.
Neurotypical people seem to have the ability to just stop thinking about stuff when they want and let their brain rest.
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I imagine they can implement the incredibly unhelpful advice I’ve received so many times.
“Just don’t think about it.” Whatever “it” is at the moment.
Neurotypical people seem to have the ability to just stop thinking about stuff when they want and let their brain rest.
I usually associate that more with anxiety, which I don't have, because I can sometimes short circuit the bad thought spirals by switching to the latest hyperfocus. Like playing through doom levels in my mind's eye.
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I usually associate that more with anxiety, which I don't have, because I can sometimes short circuit the bad thought spirals by switching to the latest hyperfocus. Like playing through doom levels in my mind's eye.
For me it's not anxiety (although I have certainly dealt with that). My brain is just always on as long as I'm awake. Shifting from topic to topic. And if something is on my mind, even if it's not bad or anxiety inducing, it just doesn't go away until my subconscious decides to move on or I find some way to distract myself.
The only thing that stops this is weed. I gives me some peace and quiet inside my head. It's p. sweet.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30816063
i cant wrap my head around it
Kind of a big topic so I'm not sure where to focus.
A friend of mine has ADHD and we were talking about it. Specifically about why she always has dishes in her sink. She said what happens is she goes to do the dishes. She'll wash one. Realize it's the dish she had popcorn in, and she needs to clean the popcorn machine. She puts down the dish, and goes over to the popcorn machine. She goes to unplug it, and realizes the power strip it's plugged into is kind of shitty. She's looking up new power strips online, and no dishes are washed.
Contrary, I do my dishes. I wash one. I realize it's the one I had popcorn in. I note I should clean that, too, later. I wash the next dish. I wash the next dish. I continue until the dishes are clean. I'm thinking about stuff but I'm still on task.
I don't know if her experience is representative.
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I usually associate that more with anxiety, which I don't have, because I can sometimes short circuit the bad thought spirals by switching to the latest hyperfocus. Like playing through doom levels in my mind's eye.
I play music to do this. As in, I perform it on my guitar, sometimes while singing. Performing music uses your entire brain, so if you're doing it right there's almost no room for anything else while you do it. Feels like a cheat code for my brain.
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Kind of a big topic so I'm not sure where to focus.
A friend of mine has ADHD and we were talking about it. Specifically about why she always has dishes in her sink. She said what happens is she goes to do the dishes. She'll wash one. Realize it's the dish she had popcorn in, and she needs to clean the popcorn machine. She puts down the dish, and goes over to the popcorn machine. She goes to unplug it, and realizes the power strip it's plugged into is kind of shitty. She's looking up new power strips online, and no dishes are washed.
Contrary, I do my dishes. I wash one. I realize it's the one I had popcorn in. I note I should clean that, too, later. I wash the next dish. I wash the next dish. I continue until the dishes are clean. I'm thinking about stuff but I'm still on task.
I don't know if her experience is representative.
And you seldom realize what you're doing is wrong. You're working on things, never finishing anything.
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And you seldom realize what you're doing is wrong. You're working on things, never finishing anything.
I hear this exact tendency is why autDHD people are good with homesteading type stuff, or just general outdoor maintenance (not like mechanical stuff but like gardening and stuff)
There’s simply so much to do, and it never really has a completion state, that if you lose focus midway through a task and start another, your ultimate goals are still being furthered.
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I hear this exact tendency is why autDHD people are good with homesteading type stuff, or just general outdoor maintenance (not like mechanical stuff but like gardening and stuff)
There’s simply so much to do, and it never really has a completion state, that if you lose focus midway through a task and start another, your ultimate goals are still being furthered.
I quit my job (public sector) and I tend for sheep, ducks and plants at home.
It's mostly OK, but I still forget important stuff like buying feed and such..
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30816063
i cant wrap my head around it
Sometimes I wonder if my "advanced" meditation skills from a decade of training is just what neurotypicals always experience when they meditate, even with just like 10 times of "practice".
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Sometimes I wonder if my "advanced" meditation skills from a decade of training is just what neurotypicals always experience when they meditate, even with just like 10 times of "practice".
That’s interesting take on this. I never thought about meditation in this context. If I am able to meditate anytime it ends up being a list making session in my head
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That’s interesting take on this. I never thought about meditation in this context. If I am able to meditate anytime it ends up being a list making session in my head
What I do then is to observe myself making the list, or to observe the thoughts involved in making the list as they swim past me.
This could lead to an infinite chain, where I then observe myself observing and so on. But with practice and methods beyond normal thought and expression, that can fade into nothingness.
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I play music to do this. As in, I perform it on my guitar, sometimes while singing. Performing music uses your entire brain, so if you're doing it right there's almost no room for anything else while you do it. Feels like a cheat code for my brain.
It's not a cheat code, you're enriching yourself! Could very well be exactly what your anxiety needs!
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For me it's not anxiety (although I have certainly dealt with that). My brain is just always on as long as I'm awake. Shifting from topic to topic. And if something is on my mind, even if it's not bad or anxiety inducing, it just doesn't go away until my subconscious decides to move on or I find some way to distract myself.
The only thing that stops this is weed. I gives me some peace and quiet inside my head. It's p. sweet.
I feel this big time. I go to sleep with an audiobook on, so I have something to focus on. Otherwise, it takes me forever to sleep, because my brain keeps distracting me
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I hear this exact tendency is why autDHD people are good with homesteading type stuff, or just general outdoor maintenance (not like mechanical stuff but like gardening and stuff)
There’s simply so much to do, and it never really has a completion state, that if you lose focus midway through a task and start another, your ultimate goals are still being furthered.
I've definitely found that I do better when I can keep 100 different things balanced against each other. It gives me somewhere to go when I hit a wall. It can obviously get overwhelming when something goes wrong though
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Saw this post on the autism community and made me wonder from an ADHD perspective, what would it be?
My psychiatrist keeps asking me what I think being normal is whenever I wonder what that is like, says there is no such thing, I just want to know what I'm striving for you know.
