• GhostFace@lemmy.today
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    4 måneder siden

    Cleanliness is one of those things I draw the line at when it comes to mental health. It doesn’t matter how bad mine gets I will never allow my living space to become that filthy.

  • joelle_ether@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 måneder siden

    Luckily for me this only affects doing things that I love and enjoy, I felt like I didn’t want to force myself and then end up feeling like I turned my hobby into a chore, but maybe I could push myself a bit lol

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    4 måneder siden

    Hey fun fact: motivation doesn’t exist. It will not materialize out of thin air. The motivation you seek is discipline.

    Go do the thing.

    • DragonAce@lemmy.world
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      4 måneder siden

      Hey another fun fact: that don’t fly for people with ADHD. We have this thing called task avoidance. Because of issues with executive function in the brain, we literally can’t get up and start no matter how much we’re screaming at ourselves in our head to “Get the fuck up and start already!!!”. No amount of discipline will make up for a lack of dopamine in the brain.

      • PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.socialEnglish
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        4 måneder siden

        Discipline isn’t about screaming at yourself to go do something. Try moving your fingers that way. I’d be concerned if it worked. It happens at a much lower level than that, which I can only describe as “just doing it,” in much the same way that you “just” move your fingers.

        I’m saying all this as someone with ADHD, by the way. Part of task avoidance is actually caused by that chunk of your brain screaming at itself to go do the thing, wasting energy that could have been spent on just doing the thing.

        Be an LED, not an incandescent bulb.