• chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    To be honest, I’ve done that while enjoying the activity I was doing, or at least not resenting it. I have ADHD so I know I can hyperfocus on something for too long, but I also k ow I can burn out. So I specifically stop doing things I want to keep doing because I know I’ll enjoy it more later if I do so.

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      8 months ago

      Stopping the hyperfocus activity before burning it out?

      Is this a power you can learn?

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        8 months ago

        Right?

        My ADHD is shaped like this: Hyperfocus on a new interest. Read everything about it. It’s the best thing ever. Think about it while doing other things. Then about a week or two later, I have 6% less fun when I do that thing and it’s time for a new interest.

        I’m honestly very good at many things you can learn in a week or two for this reason. I also have at least a laymen’s understanding of many, many topics. But I am an expert in nothing.

        When I’m very lucky, my interests overlap later and I can look like a pro when I “just started” this new hobby.

        Plenty of non-gaming examples but one that comes to mind is Besiege / Trailmakers. I loved Besiege deeply for about two weeks. Built everything you could build in that time. When I played Trailmakers, I was outbuilding my much smarter friend because I already had a pretty good understanding of how the gyros and logic blocks would or wouldn’t work in that type of game.

        ADHD really is the perfect example of a blessing and a curse. A superpower with an equal and opposite cost.

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      8 months ago

      Lost in the Android store looking for a game to play, not noticing my PC game has now loaded, and I no longer need a mobile game to make it through the PC game load time.