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[Seeking reassurance] Anyone here "conquered" your rabbit-hole tendencies? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by button_masher@lemmy.ml to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Undiagnosed here, seeking some inspiration and will to not lose hope.

Had anyone successfully gotten in tune with your ever changing hyper fixations?

If so, how long do your fixation periods last?
Do you have a structure or benchmark after which you can effectively "close that chapter"?
What strategies do you have to nudge yourself towards topics which will be meaningful in the long run?

I tend to go from rabbit hole to rabbit hole but it never feels like I'm in control. These fixations never produce any meaningful outcomes and always have a cost which I pay for by neglecting other aspects of my life.

It is a superpower and a weakness as you all probably know. It's great for expanding your interests and appreciating life through different perspectives. I don't want to lose it and want to get into some harmony with it. Anyone had any success?

Thank you :)

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know what I am, but I do hyper focus on projects, lots of them. But I come back to them and forward them, eventually finishing them.

So I have a great wheel of projects :-) sometimes one is finished (built a 3D printer, drew a comics, made and published a game, made a spud amp, ...) sometime one is added, dometimes one is dormant (the hyper efficient loudspeaker, online strategy game, ...) some are forever projects like drawing and painting.

Sure, I would probably be better at that one thing if I only did that one thing, but it works for me.

[–] button_masher@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

It seems you have a good system to bookmark projects! Love the idea of a wheel, just spin it to pick your next direction. That way you're limiting exposure to new projects while slowly progressing the existing.

Thank you for your response!