If you have #ADHD, you are probably bitterly familiar with the Wall of Awful — the feeling when you *want* to do a thing, but you just *cannot* get yourself to actually *do* it. The thing you want is behind a wall of negative emotions, and anytime you even get close to it you get overwhelmed or panic.

My interest in electronics has been behind my Wall of Awful for years now. I've been staring at these damn things for weeks and struggling to get myself to do *absolutely anything* with them.

Also, do you have #ADHD and feel bad about having a bunch of unfinished projects, abandoned hobbies, unread books, etc.?

Yeah, you should stop that.

You have a neurological bias toward novelty and poor executive function. You're probably using up all your self-control to do the things you need to get done like work, chores, and errands.

As long as you aren't digging yourself into a financial hole, cut yourself some slack with the stuff you do for fun. It's gonna be messy, and that's okay.

@malcircuit Thank you for the useful term #WallOfAwful I was not aware of. I know the feeling but I don't think I have #ADHD.

I just searched the web for this term and read that it affects people on the autistic spectrum, too.

How does it relate to #procrastination, something most creative people, students and white-collar workers seem to grapple with? Is it basically the same but worse?

@chpietsch @malcircuit thank you for pointing this out. Both of you. I'm in that picture.
Neither ADHD nor Autism officially diagnosed but Therapists have pointed towards autism in the past and I guess I can say I'm not bad at masking.

Need to read up on this, as I'm still trying to figure out how to fix a lot of things and "The Wall of Awful" perfectly describes A LOT of the things I've researched a lot about but never made the step to actually DO that or invest more then a halfway focused night into, incl. A lot of things that would make my job A LOT better.

@fellmoon @chpietsch

This is where I first learned about the Wall of Awful

https://youtu.be/Uo08uS904Rg

Why Is It So Hard to Do Something That Should Be Easy? (Wall of Awful pt. 1)

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