Аватар користувача(-ки) stashiaj7
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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Аватар користувача(-ки) helpme1980
helpme1980
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Non stop. Right now it’s on Christmas trees lol.


Аватар користувача(-ки) 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


Аватар користувача(-ки) lil_goodson
lil_goodson
2
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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 😂


Аватар користувача(-ки) unmotivatednerd
unmotivatednerd
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I do things at night btw


Аватар користувача(-ки) miserella
miserella
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All the time!!!


Аватар користувача(-ки) 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


Аватар користувача(-ки) Aquaholic21
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!”


Аватар користувача(-ки) Carien
Carien
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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


Аватар користувача(-ки) sosiness
sosiness
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All the time ! The rabbit hole is my second home lol


Аватар користувача(-ки) KING_FOY
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


Аватар користувача(-ки) geldardmusic
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


Аватар користувача(-ки) laurelcassidy
laurelcassidy
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I wish I would have found everybody here sooner maybe I could express myself easier to my loved ones.


Аватар користувача(-ки) 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.


Аватар користувача(-ки) alsagal
alsagal
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Same. My co Pilot gets me and looks it up for me so I'm not researching and driving 😳


Аватар користувача(-ки) Unknown
Unknown
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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!


Аватар користувача(-ки) Unknown
Unknown
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Yes! So me! I didn’t even realize it until I read this lol


Аватар користувача(-ки) kattalack55
kattalack55
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I did this with the Kennedy assassination, I needed to know what the magic bullet was about.


Аватар користувача(-ки) squirrel-girl
squirrel-girl
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YES


Аватар користувача(-ки) 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 !


Аватар користувача(-ки) victorious623
victorious623
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Does anyone find that exercise helps with getting overwhelmed as much? If only I could be consistent at it


Аватар користувача(-ки) floodrunner
floodrunner
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I just lost two days to garageband 😭


Аватар користувача(-ки) Inspiredfae
Inspiredfae
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All the time! I hyprtfocus on stuff my husband says isn't important, but it feels like the most important thing at the moment.


Аватар користувача(-ки) NKOTBMOMA
NKOTBMOMA
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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?


Аватар користувача(-ки) 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


Аватар користувача(-ки) stashiaj7
stashiaj7
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It’s really wild lol. It’s like what happened to the day!!!?


Аватар користувача(-ки) Unknown
Unknown
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Every day all day. I get so sidetracked I completely lose a whole day like this sometimes.


Аватар користувача(-ки) trikiniki
trikiniki
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Yup. I’m a self-proclaimed overthinker 🤷🏻‍♀️


Аватар користувача(-ки) ohmu.
ohmu.
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All the time...


Аватар користувача(-ки) 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


Аватар користувача(-ки) 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


Аватар користувача(-ки) musegirl909
musegirl909
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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.


Аватар користувача(-ки) KillerTofu
KillerTofu
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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...