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Does limiting things you actually enjoy help? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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So my entire life has been extreme boredom, followed by finding a book/videogame/hobby I find interesting, doing nothing but that for awhile, then never touching it again.

I'm debating maybe trying to make a rule of not doing something two days in a row. Like I just found a video game I liked and played it all day yesterday and today, and while I still wanna play I already feel its shininess wearing off.

Curious if anyone else has tried to space out their dopamine buttons and if it helped. So maybe like instead of just playing the same game tomorrow, I'll need to try other games, or maybe try to find a new book series to hyper focus on...

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[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can try to write yourself a „dopamine menu“ with stuff you know you generally like. This may at least help bridging the boredom gaps.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-6WCkTwW6xg

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I actually just watched that video!

And yeah I'm basically wondering if I need to force myself to try and order different things off it to try to keep myself from burning things I like.

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Obviously I have no idea if this works for you, but for me, it comes down to this:

The Cycle of Hobbies I jump from one to another without any schedule or plan. Oftentimes I take interest in a new variation of one of my hobbies, but other times I just pick up old projects that (for no apparent reason) are interesting again. But(!) I (by pure chance) have a pool of hobbies that are different enough, which makes switching between them easier.
enjoy it while it lasts I stopped caring about finishing a video game. I may pick it up in the future (or not) but that does not lessen the enjoyment it’s giving me in this very moment.
stop it, if it starts to suck I am that I learned to stop reading a book I do not like, to stop watching a series I don’t enjoy or to box a project that becomes to tedious to finish. If it becomes interesting again in a few months or years, I will gladly try it again but if not, it probably wasn’t worth my time anyway.

So long story short:

I burn through hobbies, but I can say with confidence based on experience (and a pinch of hop) that the ones that really got to me will come back eventually.