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Jul 11, 2014, 05:38 PM
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What do you do to deal with boredom? When I have something I can hyperfocus on I'm ok, but sometimes I get into these states where nothing holds my attention. It's not anhedonia, I still experience enjoyment. The only word I can think of to describe it is boredom, and even then, it's more like nothing can hold my attention.
Sometimes I keep a list of things to do like "write 1 paragraph of essay" "read 1 chapter of book" "play 30 minutes minecraft" and just go down the list until something sustains my attention, but right now I'm completely stuck. I can't settle on anything.
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Jul 11, 2014, 08:39 PM
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I play the games here on pc...they are completely mindless...and they just keep going.......take care
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Jul 11, 2014, 10:34 PM
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Thanks. I'm kind of wondering if too much sugar affects both my ADHD and my mood. I made fudge yesterday and have been eating more of it than I should, and just in these past two days I've felt less motivated, more lonely.
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Jul 12, 2014, 10:54 AM
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I start surfing the web and going from link to link, interest to interest, until something grabs my attention and I decide to settle on something. I also look at what was happening before my boredom to see if I am trying to "escape" something.
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Jul 13, 2014, 03:12 PM
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Yeah, eating poorly + ADHD meds = feel like crap while focused. Stable blood sugar does affect mood
 +1 on games (dont do nowhere near as much) (recently got space engineers, cba though) +1 on surfing. Try to do less though... have had typically 20-40 tabs open in a browser window, and not being the only window at a time :/ It's worse when you know what you need to do, planned it out so many times it's in your head and doesn't matter you've lost the piece of paper, but yeah somehow, manage to think about what to plan next or decide the plan really needs another rewrite, OCD. Probably only thing I actually know I do enjoy, is talking with my LDG online. Gah gonna have to talk to Psych about my level of lack of enjoyment now, can't really say though seeing her ruins my whole month though xD (just realised serious thought though) Great idea though TheatreKid. I'll try it out. I shall title my list: "1 minute to do something, and no... procrastinating over which, isn't one of them" Thanks!
Last edited by Numbed; Jul 13, 2014 at 03:48 PM. Reason: can - can't* |
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