Fads and changes

by **Mavet** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:32 pm

Masquerade, have you found a way to stick with things instead of just dropping them when something else comes along? I have that problem quite a bit.

Since therapy I've found that if I'm doing something that concerns other people, where they might be relying on me, I feel a responsibility to them and don't want to let them down. This gives me an added incentive to stick to a task. I can't say specifically what brought about this change, but it's as if there's been a shift in me. For instance I'm committed to forum work and other things I do in my spare time, whereas at one time the novelty would have worn off and I wouldn't have felt the same commitment. I can still have a short attention span, and have to have short and frequent breaks from time to time. I think this is due to the way my brain is actually wired. When my son was tested for ADHD and he was asked certain questions, I also answered positively for most of them, although I've never been formally diagnosed with this.

by **Greatem** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:31 pm

masquerade wrote:Since therapy I've found that if I'm doing something that concerns other people, where they might be relying on me, I feel a responsibility to them and don't want to let them down. This gives me an added incentive to stick to a task. I can't say specifically what brought about this change, but it's as if there's been a shift in me. For instance I'm committed to forum work and other things I do in my spare time, whereas at one time the novelty would have worn off and I wouldn't have felt the same commitment. I can still have a short attention span, and have to have short and frequent breaks from time to time. I think this is due to the way my brain is actually wired. When my son was tested for ADHD and he was asked certain questions, I also answered positively for most of them, although I've never been formally diagnosed with this.

What about things that don't concern other people? I have stopped taking tasks that concern other people and started avoiding such tasks as much as possible. Because when i do take such a task i become loyal to it and start trying to be perfect at it. After time it gets super exhausting, especially if i do it for free, because i can't help trying to be perfect. And then i start disappointing people, but i don't care because i'm frustrated. And at the end people label me as unreliable, which is what i want right now. Since then i'm starting random things, stopping, continuing on something else, then coming back. But whatever it is i'm doing, i'm completely focused on it while i'm doing it.

by **Mavet** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:17 pm

My attention span is terrible. I have the problem with things that involve other people AND things that are just my own projects. I hate that...

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