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Re: Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

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Post by marmetio »

andybak wrote: post #39
marmetio wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I resist doing any of that in the first place because it's just giving in to an unhealthy habit. The time and attention I spent cataloging was supposed to be for something else.

This is the quickest way I can get round indecision. Do I need this? Not sure... One click to stop worrying about it and move on. I certainly strive to do no cataloguing or sorting of this stuff. That was an early valuable lesson I learned (even before getting diagnosed)

The click is cataloging.

Re: Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

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Post by affgrff2 »

onion2k wrote: post #6

I think I have some sort of weird ADHD combined with a stoic outlook. I want to see all the new, shiny things, but I also understand that I can't, and nothing bad happens if I don't, so I accept that I'll just miss some things.

I agree. I think it is necessary to accept (as in 5 steps of acceptance) that is not possible to process all the shiny things. Keeping bookmarks and not closing tabs thus indicates an early phase off the acceptance process, probably denial.

Re: Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

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Post by andybak »

marmetio wrote: post #51
andybak wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the quickest way I can get round indecision. Do I need this? Not sure... One click to stop worrying about it and move on. I certainly strive to do no cataloguing or sorting of this stuff. That was an early valuable lesson I learned (even before getting diagnosed)

The click is cataloging.

You are technically correct.

Re: Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

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Post by spyremeown »

I feel like reading HN daily has given me more opportunities than anything I've ever done for my career (and my general general love for tech). I recurrently apply things to my job that I've picked up reading the amazing articles people post here.

>There’s a never ending number of things I bookmark.

I just read them. I take my time to go through them :-). Every day for the past, I don't know, five years or so, my first hour in the morning is dedicated to reading about things I like on HN. That certainly kept the flame and the passion for tech going, otherwise it would become just a job (and if you're like me, you know how much that sucks).

Re: Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

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Post by stinos »

stared wrote: post #15

> There’s a never ending number of things I bookmark. One of the key features of ADHD is a never-ending list of things to do. Edward M. Hallowell (who wrote "Driven to Distraction") remarks that perhaps it is the most characteristic feature of ADHD. Previously, browser crashes saved my sanity— killing dozens of open tabs with fascinating articles. Now I try to let it go . In a Zen/stoic way, knowing that nothing will…

Now I try to let it go

That's really the essence of what there is to it, in my opinion and experience at least. But: I only could start doing that when I was in my thirties. Before that my brain just wasn't up for it. Whereas when I now think about many of the things I did back then, especially the clinging to objects/bookmarks, I can fully see how useless and even ridiculous they were. Life is really better when you can just stop caring. Though it is also pretty hard to do. I know still sometimes feel pain about things I intentionally got rid of even though I know if I'd have them I would not actually use them. Goes to show the kind of tricks a brain can play.

Re: Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

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Post by bloqs »

Bookmarks are for being able to quickly retrieve something that you have already read and mostly absorbed for future reference. They aren't a to do list. Even if they were, a to do list is not a universal constant. Highly engaged people will likely have things on their lists that last their while lives - your "todays" to do list is something structured by priority. Continue at will.

Re: Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

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Post by 6510 »

stared wrote: post #15

> There’s a never ending number of things I bookmark. One of the key features of ADHD is a never-ending list of things to do. Edward M. Hallowell (who wrote "Driven to Distraction") remarks that perhaps it is the most characteristic feature of ADHD. Previously, browser crashes saved my sanity— killing dozens of open tabs with fascinating articles. Now I try to let it go . In a Zen/stoic way, knowing that nothing will…

> Previously, browser crashes saved my sanity— killing dozens of open tabs with fascinating articles.

Laughed so hard reading that. I should one day write the browser self destruct count down extension. Crashes as a service You can delay the shut down by describing what you think you are doing. This makes for a wonderful journal worth of stupid most embarrassing shit mixed with lies. Remember to use a strong password.

Re: Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

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Post by kqr »

Is fixing your HN habit really going to improve your life, or will you find a similar escape from reality to latch onto instead?

I think you'll get much more out of addressing the core problem -- I don't know what that is for you, but with therapy you may find out. See a good psychologist who is experienced with ADHD.

Re: Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

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Post by scajanus »

esskay wrote: post #21
icebergonfire wrote: post #8

I'm going to tell you what worked for me, with the explicit caveat that it may not work for you and/or you may not find it palatable. I use browser extensions to timegate the time spent in websites that I know hit me in my weak spots and tend to send me into time-wasting sessions that I have nothing to show for. There's Stayfocusd and Leechblock, and probably other alternatives. This worked for a few years, but it st…

Ugh, wish it was easier to get hold of ADHD meds (or even a diagnosis) here in the UK. I've got it, well aware I have and have avoided even attempting to go to the GP to get medicated as from what I can see the wait times go into the years. Is it 'worth it'? I.E is your life noticably beter for being medicated for it?

The years pass anyway, so why not get the process started like right now?
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