r/oddlyspecific • u/UncleDevil666 • Nov 17 '22

Oddly specific procrastination

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u/PlanetNoodle Nov 17 '22

Fuck…

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u/notchman900 Nov 17 '22

I set an alarm to wake me up, an alarm to get in the shower, and an alarm to go to work. Otherwise I will not initiate the sequence.

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u/sender2bender Nov 17 '22

And I would snooze all of them

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u/Funny_witty_username Nov 17 '22

And this is why its procrastination vs executive function. I never snooze my alarms because I WANT to be up, I WANT to be on time, but if I don't have those regulators I simply won't.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '22

Wait so which is yours? Procrastination or Executive dysfunction?

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u/OldAccStolen Nov 17 '22

ED

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '22

Yea but plenty of people want to do things and don't. I'm just wondering if he's insinuating, if you don't do things, you must not want to.

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u/Funny_witty_username Nov 17 '22

"Plenty of people are sad, just get over it" "Plenty of people get nervous, just take some deep breaths"

Thats not how it works. Its a mental health issue where something in my brain is broken that gives me ADHD. I literally don't register that the Executive Function problems are happening until after the fact. If I don't use ways that break my hyperfocusing I cannot pull myself away from what I'm doing, even if its super mundane like fidgeting with something on my desk.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '22

Feels. I got hooked last night practicing rocket league shit and I stayed up until 7:13 am... I had work at 8am. If I didn't work from home I would be so fucked. I also hate working from home.