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> Perhaps better advice is to find things that are immediately stimulating but also long-term rewarding (akin to finding food that tastes delicious and is filli
by LoganDark 3y ago
> Perhaps better advice is to find things that are immediately stimulating but also long-term rewarding (akin to finding food that tastes delicious and is filling but also is healthy).
Do such things even exist? because my ADHD says no.
- tayo42 3y agoSports, hobbies, books, various art forms
- mnk47 3y agoPeople with ADHD are known to pick up a million hobbies, books and art forms but struggle sticking to them, because the initial stimulation from novelty is stronger than anything else. Playing a sport or an instrument is fun, but getting good at it requires strong discipline, precisely because it's not fun. The only thing that truly helps with this is the right type and dosage of meds.
- tayo42 3y agoI was just answering the question that fulfilling things exist. I wasn't trying to cure adhd. Of course go talk to a pro and get real coping tools and medicine if needed to use.
- LoganDark 3y agoThose things aren't necessarily "long-term fulfilling" for people with ADHD. The only things that have been that way for me are chatting with friends and programming. Everything else (and trust me, there's a lot of everything else) I instantly get depressed that I suck, give up, and lose the ability to ever try again.
- zug_zug 3y agoWell maybe not yet, but there's no reason we couldn't invent one. I can think of 10 ways to make an app like tiktok that's more social and promotes building relationships with people in your vicinity. I bet you could too.
- logN_2 3y agoHow would an app build relationships?
- zug_zug 3y agoPeople already build relationships through apps that wouldn't have otherwise happened (be it discord or tinder), though neither is really very good at that. If you want to build relationships with people who live near you the app should have some element of seeing content from people nearby you (presumably within your age bracket too). And also more interactivity from viewers (you can see a moderate amount of interactivity even in youtube communities).
- LoganDark 3y agoI don't know, Discord is the best for me because I can just talk to people without the app trying to cause something that needs to happen naturally.
- zug_zug 3y agoDiscord totally does encourage creating social connections. It has the idea of "friends", and does things like show you what games people are playing to enable people to join in games together or at the very least chat about it.
- LoganDark 3y agoI use the friends list to DM people without sharing a server with them, that's it. Isn't that what friends lists have always been anyway?
- LoganDark 3y agoYou failed when you said "like tiktok" because nobody wants tiktok. Tiktok is a toxic cesspool and the entire premise is flawed. I build relationships on cohost instead.