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There was a discussion on ego depletion (also in the book) multiple times here in the past. I'll just reference my favourite: "Break out the marshmallows, frie
by toolslive 5y ago
There was a discussion on ego depletion (also in the book)
multiple times here in the past.
I'll just reference my favourite:
"Break out the marshmallows, friends: Ego depletion is due to change sign!"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21589825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21589825
- account_b 5y agoI wasn't aware "ego depletion" was studied in such a direct and simplistic/naive manner. People with ADHD can attest "executive functioning" can be depleted or even borrowed from/overexhausted - like a resource. E.g. an extended period of hyperfixation may lead to days or even weeks of near complete inability of executive control, or "lethargy"/"depression". There certainly is some kind of budget/debt and some tasks are more taxing than others. I assumed it's some deficit in homeostatic balancing stemming from a partially deficient brain preventing "burnig out". 'Ego depletion' was a fitting term, but now I cringe at myself for using that in presence of people knowing psychology/psychiatry, if it's something of a more defined thing. Maybe the situation in ADHD is different as reward/expectation of reward/"dopamine" is very much different than "ego" in neuro typical folks. Guess with NTs it could be more related to "exhaustion", priorizing of activities over rest/sleep. Is there a better hypothesis/theory related?