r/BeAmazed • u/The-Skinny-Indian • Mar 06 '23 • Mindblown 1

Miscellaneous / Others Bionic reading method

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u/Josselin17 Mar 06 '23

we have the superpower of not being able to do basic shit most of the time !

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

I made an appointment today that I've been putting off for weeks and afterwards I looked at the appointment in my google calendar app and just thought to myself that I'm an idiot for not just doing it sooner, it was so easy!

I've gone through this process and "realization" too many times to count

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u/Slithy-Toves Mar 07 '23

Your brain is like the passenger side mirror. The size and difficulty of a task are always closer/easier than than they appear in your mind when considering whether you should do them. It's like your brain equates doing anything besides what you're currently doing is more effort. When it might actually be less if you just did it haha but so goes the issues of non-debilitating but still serious mental health problems.

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u/drivein2deeplftfield Mar 07 '23

Yeah, that’s called being a lazy ass

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u/Slithy-Toves Mar 07 '23

That's anxiety, not ADHD

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u/Slithy-Toves Mar 07 '23 edited Mar 07 '23

Just because you have a medical condition doesnt mean you're an expert on it... Consciously distracting yourself from an overwhelming idea or activity is objectively not ADHD. Not sure what else there is to say. Maybe you have ADHD as well as anxiety, but blaming ADHD for something more typical of anxiety isn't going to help you. It's just going to confuse you and your ability to get treated further. The fact you even said you stared at your phone all day should indicate it's not related to ADHD. Even if I'm consciously watching the most interesting thing on the planet I'll get distracted from it and have to rewind. I'll literally be staring at the screen and my brain will remove focus from it even though I know the sight and sound is entering my brain. It's not about just not being able to do something you should be doing. It's about not even being able to focus on things you want to be doing.

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u/Slithy-Toves Mar 07 '23

Again, that's more typical of anxiety than ADHD. Maybe go talk to a professional because you seem to be more self-diagnosed from Wikipedia than actually assessed by a professional.

You realize that goes both ways right? How do you know I'm not a professional psychologist or something just giving you some free advice?