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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·4 days agoI leverage hyperfixation at work. To me, it feels like a superpower. To everyone else, it’s just really hard to get my attention.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoIt helps my wife get super pissed off at me when I break her hyperfocus. Yay!
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoIt’s pretty rare to be able to decide what to hyperfocus on. Without meds, work puts me to sleep.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoI’m either invested in the project, or my unhealthy fear of failure fuels the anxiety that forces hyperfocus. I don’t recommend the latter if you can avoid it. It’s exhausting.
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days ago I don’t recommend the latter if you can avoid it. Yeah, kind of like how adrenaline can let a person ignore a serious injury for a little while, there’s always a brick wall on that road.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoGreat analogy. That wall hits like sleep deprivation or dehydration, just a clueless and careless fog that falls over me after running for too long on anxiety.
I leverage hyperfixation at work. To me, it feels like a superpower. To everyone else, it’s just really hard to get my attention.
It helps my wife get super pissed off at me when I break her hyperfocus. Yay!
It’s pretty rare to be able to decide what to hyperfocus on. Without meds, work puts me to sleep.
I’m either invested in the project, or my unhealthy fear of failure fuels the anxiety that forces hyperfocus. I don’t recommend the latter if you can avoid it. It’s exhausting.
Yeah, kind of like how adrenaline can let a person ignore a serious injury for a little while, there’s always a brick wall on that road.
Great analogy.
That wall hits like sleep deprivation or dehydration, just a clueless and careless fog that falls over me after running for too long on anxiety.