• flicker@lemmy.world
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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.