"hyperexponentiall" is not a word. It's a marketing device. Same way libertarian-approaching promised he would send humans to Mars by 2024 at the latest. It's vaporware desperate to get suckers to invest, invest, invest.

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[–] crime@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's been years, but the big ones I still remember:

Just mirroring texts and similar notifications to my wrist — that allowed me to triage them without pulling out my phone and potentially getting sucked into a vortex. Getting the full content of messages without having to do something that cleared that notification (i.e. erase all traces of someone ever trying to contact me) made it a lot easier to reply to things quickly instead of getting stuck in a cycle of not replying and feeling guilty about it.

Having quick access to a timer or stopwatch function (again without pulling out ~~the distraction vortex~~ my phone)

Having vibrate-only alarms that were harder to miss than my phone's vibrate function, and easier to acknowledge and snooze or dismiss. (That one's kind of AuDHD — I never set auditory alarms bc they're so overstimulating)

[–] AnExcellentSteelHorse@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

Thanks for replying! I quit drinking and recently realized how ADHD was at the core of why I was anxious, depressed, and self-medicating with alcoholism. I kind of switch back and forth between "I should automate and use my phone to keep track of everything" and "I need to get rid of my phone entirely" so I'll keep a smartwatch in mind as an option if I choose that route. I'm going to see a specialist soon who will hopefully help me sort out what I want to do (they will not just prescribe medication because I'm in my 30s and have had substance abuse issues)