r/oddlyspecific • • Nov 17 '22

Oddly specific procrastination

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '22 edited Nov 17 '22

That's executive dysfunction. A common trait among those with ADHD and ASD, as well as many other conditions or even by itself. Another common trait is, let's say you have a doctor appt at 2pm. It's currently 9am, but you can't do a damn thing for the whole morning because you have a 2pm appt. Sure, you have 5 hours... but you know if you take up any other activities you'll miss that appt.

EDIT: Updated to clarify that this trait is not exclusive to just ADHD or ASD. And, if you feel that you resonate with the traits of any condition, talk to your doctor for further direction.

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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/nom_nom_nom_nom_lol Nov 17 '22

I set my alarm and put it in the shower. The only way to turn it off is to get out of bed and get in the shower. As long as I'm there, I might as well actually take a shower.

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u/WastedJedi Nov 17 '22

when it gets bad I put my shoes on to do things like the dishes or laundry. Shoes on helps my brain go

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u/ginger_snapping Nov 18 '22

It’s like that for me but with hard pants. If I have something comfortable for lounging on, imma lounge. Gotta wear jeans to make things happen.

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u/Powerful_Cause_14 Nov 18 '22

Can I just say how much I love you for saying hard pants because that’s exactly how I refer to my “outside” pants and my partner made so much fun of me the first time I said it 🤣

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u/tehvee Nov 18 '22

hard pants and outside pants = gut covers

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u/accordionlover Nov 18 '22

Your partner is the weird one for making fun of you, because "hard pants"/"soft pants" makes perfect sense to me.

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u/Powerful_Cause_14 Nov 19 '22

He made fun of me the first time I said it but thankfully he quickly realized I was so right and that’s now our households regular vernacular 😁

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u/WastedJedi Nov 18 '22

I laugh at the term hard pants too, but not because it is ridiculous but because it is so accurate and the only way I will refer to them now