Last night I went down some rabbit hole that started with the zero dimensionality of an electron and wave functions, through what makes up protons and neutrons, quark gluon plasma, the Higgs field, neutron stars, and black holes, to higher spacial dimensions, curved space, dark matter and energy, branes, and bulks, and finally decided I need to stop else I won't get to sleep when it led me to string theory.
Classic #ADHD #HyperFocus adventures, I guess 🤷♂️
Today's song playing on repeat in my headphones for the past 5+ hours while I sit and work: Fading by Swimming Paul
Also, it's time to get up from this chair before I pee myself 😅
you know how there's this PERCEPTION that #adhd get into #hyperfocus on the wrong thing? I'm here to prove that wrong with a story about pie
At Xmas, our kid's girlfriend's parents dropped off a purchased pie.
It was the best pie I've ever had.
I meant to take a photo so I'd know where it came from, but apparently I forgot because I can't find it. (a sentence with numerous green flags regarding an ABSENCE of adhd)
So I went to the #map and traced some likely routes from the parents' house leaving their town, on the theory that they picked it up on the way to our house.
"bakery" was a bad term because I got a lot of cafes and cupcakes. "pie" turned out better because it found an orchard farm stand that looked likely.
however, there's obviously no recipe available
(I am inexplicably compelled to #bake the pie for my upcoming birthday rather than buy it, even though I know mine will be worse, probably much worse. more green flags about inventing rules, having fixed ideas, etc that are GOOD NEWS on the adhd front)
Flipping through user photos online, I found a shot of a similar pie that listed the ingredients for the crumble topping.
So then
Step 1: Determine the difference between crumble, crisp, cobbler and (as it turns out) streusel. The farm called it a crumble, it's actually a streusel
Step 2: Use the ingredient list as search terms to find a recipe that looks very similar in ingredients, relative amounts and final product appearance
Step 3: Oh yeah, maybe the pie should have some innards as well. (ignoring this is another green flag that this isn't in any way #neurodivergent behavior)
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My getting up has slipped into the afternoons & I'm not happy about it.
Especially as in a few days I'll have to be up before 07:00 to be able to spend the day on an outing with friends. 🫣
Stricter morning routine?
- Alarm goes, switch on radio or preselected podcast instead of noticing the Mastodon notifications so I don't vanish down a 40+ notification hole?
🤔 … 🤔 In theory very easy to do, in practice very difficult to stick to, as my AuDHD screams for comfort from not being ready to face the day.
- Swap chores around with things I enjoy, want to get stuck into?
My big worry is that once I start the thing I want to do I will ignore all cues for stopping & doing the 'must do' tasks.
One possible fix for ignoring cues, is have lunch be the cut off point as I, like a lot of critters can be greatly motivated by food.
Current problem, lunch is around 18:00 give or take an hour & as I'm painfully aware of it being evening my brain & body default to evening mode, time to read or ideally, relax so those 'must do' tasks have pretty much a zero chance of happening.
I guess, I might be spending some time working this one out this afternoon / evening. I don't mind spending my evenings messing with dilemmas like this, as long as I can shove a movie I enjoy on whilst I'm doing it 🙂.
… That's if I remember 😅.
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Losing interest
Before I was diagnosed with AuDHD, I always wondered why I could be very interested, fixated even, on certain things for a few very intense moments, and then, suddenly without cause, just totally lose that interest... I had never heard about hyperfocus and/or "autistic special interests" (more about that here). I just could not understand it. And it annoyed me a lot, especially when the fixation/focus had made me invest (money) in this interest, and then it "just" ends... I've been browsing the web a bit about this, and tried to collect some info on it. I know that the autistic side deals differently with the interests compared to the ADHD side. And, of couse, these two mix it up. I found several things, copied them all, and then... I cheated a bit... 🫣I copied all the bits I found interesting into an AI app, and asked if it could compile a nice list for me. I know, people don't like this. But, these days, due to missing my usual routine, due to all the last-minute extra things here and there, I am just so low on spoons... So, I'd rather be honest about having asked it for help. But, I did find the info that I wanted to share using the mighty Duck search engine. […]https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/losing-interest/
One thing I've learned this year is that I'm happier and more productive when I lean into my ADHD.
Most days I can find a #hyperfocus state. One way to think about it is that my brain works better when it's 100% engaged, so if a task only needs 60%, I need to fill that other 40% somehow. That's where I take obsessive notes, or do research for next tasks in the background.
Oh, wow, it's late! Off to bed...
Hey autistics and adhders, I have a question for you:
How do you stop yourself from hyperfocus?
I occasionally get into a hyperfocus that's more hurtful than helpful, so I need a way to break out of it.
What are your strategies?
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