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stashiaj7
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Anyone Hyperfocus?

Randomly things will pop into my head and I then immediately have to research it until I’ve gotten enough data to understand or satisfy the random thoughts or theories that came up (usually in the middle of the night 😫😅).



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Avataren til helpme1980
helpme1980
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Non stop. Right now it’s on Christmas trees lol.


Avataren til tessa❤️
tessa❤️
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Because of my rabbit hole I lost the 5 days of vacatien I took to do my homework for my deadline and now I havevto do it at nijgt after a 10 hour of not a 12 hour work day


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lil_goodson
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Always on some business I’m bout to start😂 then 45 mins in to researching I’m scrolling through tik tok 😂


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unmotivatednerd
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I do things at night btw


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miserella
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All the time!!!


Avataren til blu3eyedscorpi0
blu3eyedscorpi0
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OMG this is my life!!!! lol … at the very least, especially because it’ll be a floodgate of thoughts, I’ll have to jot down things I “need to research” “eventually” lmao


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Aquaholic21
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Haha, yes! And usually it’s something completely random. Sometimes, related to adhd (why does coffee help me sleep, for instance), or other musings (why is there always traffic at 5:30 am on the freeway). And yep, it’s always right at night! Probably because it’s the one time I’m actually sitting “still.” So my mind is like, “yo, perfect time to unwind with those boatloads of daydreams you’ve thought up!”


Avataren til Carien
Carien
23
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Same here, I try to focus it to make a list and (try to) don’t allow myself to wander of before 9 am in the morning. It can only be a task which I really like and is really important. Once i am focused on this, i find that whatever i am doing the rest of the day, my mind wanders back to this item, so i make progress on something which is actually useful


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sosiness
5
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All the time ! The rabbit hole is my second home lol


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KING_FOY
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All the time and always when I’m trying to go to sleep or when I’m at work lol


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geldardmusic
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I'm exactly the same. I'll be researching an actor or the movie on my phone when watching the movie at home on TV. Or a thought comes into my head that I simply have to do right now. And I can't rationalise my way out of it


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laurelcassidy
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I wish I would have found everybody here sooner maybe I could express myself easier to my loved ones.


Avataren til adamg
adamg
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It can be almost impossible to fight it. It's like a thunderstorm coming. It just comes and I have to wait it out.


Avataren til alsagal
alsagal
3
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Same. My co Pilot gets me and looks it up for me so I'm not researching and driving 😳


Avataren til Unknown
Unknown
1
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I’ve done this with so many things! The amount of money I’ve spent on each thing too, only to get so overwhelmed by everything that I can barely even start the new hobby or I overthink it and if I’m lucky to start I for sure never finish!


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Unknown
1
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Yes! So me! I didn’t even realize it until I read this lol


Avataren til kattalack55
kattalack55
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I did this with the Kennedy assassination, I needed to know what the magic bullet was about.


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squirrel-girl
24
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YES


Avataren til cemfs21
cemfs21
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Totally hyper focus! This usually happens to me when I’m trying to do something work related. Then I go down this rabbit hole until I figure out the answer or feel like I know enough about the random thing I was just thinking about !


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victorious623
3
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Does anyone find that exercise helps with getting overwhelmed as much? If only I could be consistent at it


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floodrunner
14
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I just lost two days to garageband 😭


Avataren til Inspiredfae
Inspiredfae
10
for 3 år siden

All the time! I hyprtfocus on stuff my husband says isn't important, but it feels like the most important thing at the moment.


Avataren til NKOTBMOMA
NKOTBMOMA
24
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I sometimes hyperfocus on a new hobby. I'll buy a ton of stuff to do it but never actually do it! Anyone else?


Avataren til martinipug
martinipug
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Yep and when I hyperfixate on something I find it hard to talk about anything else, it drives my husband nuts


Avataren til stashiaj7
stashiaj7
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It’s really wild lol. It’s like what happened to the day!!!?


Avataren til Unknown
Unknown
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Every day all day. I get so sidetracked I completely lose a whole day like this sometimes.


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trikiniki
2
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Yup. I’m a self-proclaimed overthinker 🤷🏻‍♀️


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ohmu.
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All the time...


Avataren til ADHDJordan1296
ADHDJordan1296
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Yep I usually do that or I'll see something I like then research it and look at every review given or if there is an interesting subject I will look for hours at all info then randomly tell a friend about it next day


Avataren til Chelle
Chelle
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Yes! It's usually when I'm in bed trying to fall asleep and aowmthing comes to me so I will like you said research until I am satisfied with my comprehension and then try to go bed


Avataren til musegirl909
musegirl909
8
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Yep my BF can mention something and he will ask me to look it up, I'll give him the answer in 2minutes and like 4 hours later I'll tell him some other random fact about the subject but off topic.


Avataren til KillerTofu
KillerTofu
15
for 3 år siden

Yes, same! I spent three and a half hours organizing my closet today because I kept stopping to look up on my phone every little thing that popped into my head 🫠 That task could have taken an hour or less...