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Hi, could you give an example of the “press enter” part? I feel it would work for me but I don’t fully understand what you mean.

• elcritch 4y ago
  Sure! It can be a method to overcome procrastination. Say you’re procrastinating on starting on a new work project. Neurotypicals might just type `npm init myproj` and “hit enter” to break it down into a smaller piece. Useful and seemingly simple.. However, ADHD’ers brain may interpret “hitting enter” as akin to putting your hand on a hot stove element. You literally just can’t do it! In that case type in `npm init myproj`, grab an (open minded) coworker to “hit enter”. Despite the odd looks, having the repo created will often override the blocker! Though it’s the principal that counts as your brain could shift the blocker to the readme, etc, so you have to adapt as needed. The general premise is to ignore the odd looks, and get help despite the seeming inanity of the action. Involving someone else even trivially helps too, similar to the “body double” concept. Generally you can use your ability to reason to overcome hind brain hindrances. It’s sort of like using reasoning to create a hot glove to grab hot things out of a fire, rather than “just try harder” to force yourself to have thicker calluses like everyone else. But first you have to accept you don’t have natural calluses and your brain won’t let you grab hot things because it hurts. Grab a glove, or get a friend to.
  • otikik 4y ago
    Hey, thank you for explaining it so clearly, it makes total sense. Have a wonderful day.