Procrastinatory Doom Loops
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Procrastinatory Doom Loops
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#2That's me. And still in the same loop after several ADHD medications; this makes me think that it's not something that can be solved by a pill.
I hope I can solve this someday. My coping mechanism is to never commit to anything (outside work obligations).
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#3That's me. And still in the same loop after several ADHD medications; this makes me think that it's not something that can be solved by a pill. I hope I can solve this someday. My coping mechanism is to never commit to anything (outside work obligations).
I feel like the medications can make my "doom loops" even harder to avoid. The stimulants make it easier to hyper focus on one task, and feel even less guilt for ignoring the rest of the world. Executive Dysfunction is killing me
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#4Freedom considered harmful. In olden days, you had less stupid choices in your life. Sure the idle upper class always had this problem.
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#5That's me. And still in the same loop after several ADHD medications; this makes me think that it's not something that can be solved by a pill. I hope I can solve this someday. My coping mechanism is to never commit to anything (outside work obligations).
What system do you use for task tracking/prioritisation?
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#6Oh hey, that's a picture of my life.
Anyone have coping mechanisms they can suggest? This is really getting out of hand.
So far the best I've been able to do is intake massive portions of caffeine and use the resultant high/numbing of emotion to allow myself to push through. Not the healthiest or most sustainable option.
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#7I have to commit to something within the context of an interpersonal relationship of intense, nigh existential importance to me, fight to get it done, and to admit with as much dispassion as possible when I can't do it for some reason or another. That's what seems to work.
We tend to be attached but uncommitted, when we need to committed but detached. Otherwise the emotional angst of failure eats away at efforts we know to be weak.
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#8This is a very natural phenomenon. I can definitely relate.
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#9I've noticed myself doing things like this, and I think the root cause more than anything is an inability to say no.
If you're getting other things done but not some particular task you've agreed to, then that's probably a good indication that the various subconscious processes in your mind have come together and deemed it unviable. These processes evolved for a reason and shouldn't necessarily be ignored (at least, not usually!).
Rather than tyrannising yourself into completing every single task asked of you, I think a much healthier way to approach this is to simply stop and ask yourself whether or not it actually makes sense for you to do something before you agree to do it.
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#10I relate 100%. On work commitments I can usually get it done, or when the stakes are high enough that failing would burn me hard in some way or another.
Awful, maybe one way to deal with this is to just admit that's how it is with commitments and just don't do them. I often fear that leads to a life of dullness and regret tho. The alternative is a struggle until the end of our days.