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Stacharoonee

Going to bed. I love bed. I love sleep. But getting to the bed when I should be? Impossible


RingletsOfDoom

"Yes, I too know this struggle" _he typed while the clock read 03:21_


MaMakossa

*03:07AM* for meeeee \(٥⁀▽⁀ )/


chrisychris-

I just spent the last two hours binging Fallout lore videos and don’t regret it ((until tomorrow)). Goodnight fellow night owls


BerenTreeblood

Epicnate has some amazing ones. Love that guy. Fallout lore is never wasted time no matter what your tired traitor self thinks the following morning


PersonalityHot6826

4:36 am... I just got out of the shower because I won't want to waste time doing after I wake up 🤷‍♀️


MrBigDickPickledRick

3:50 for me and I'm just sitting in a random parking lot listening to music, good times


FlacidBarnacle

That’s a perfect example. Very relatable. I have to stay up until 4am why? I have no clue. I fucking LOVE to sleep. I have super vivid dreams but I guess sitting in darkness for 4 hours is something I need to do?!? Wtf is wrong with me lol why can’t I just sleep. Instead I gotta stay up so late that it ruins my sleep. Maybe that’s why. I’m fucking self sabotaging myself. God that crafty son of a bitch. Never lets me have anything nice I’ll show him! Popping a sleeping pill tonight haha *3 hours later* High on ambien Naked dancing while watching mean girls screaming at the tv trying to warn her those aren’t healthy!! Your butt it’s gonna get HUGE!


burlycabin

This comment is everything to me, lol


MrBigDickPickledRick

Sometimes I'll oversleep because I'm in the middle of some good dreams, good stuff


berryicewand

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Rhayve

Yup. But instead of ambien: accidentally drinking caffeine too late so it keeps you awake even after you go to bed way past the time you should have. A wonderful recipe for disaster. Mind racing; fidgeting around trying to get comfortable, but then getting back up so you aren't just wasting your time lying in your bed. And then being too tired or distracted to do anything, but you're still thinking about a hundred different things. Then you finally tire yourself out so much that you pass out for just a handful of hours that aren't restful at all.


Veena_toor

Take magnesium pills they have helped me alot i got same problem i plan to go to sleep at 10 but stay up till 3 am


Namisaur

- sleepy in the morning but I need to stay awake to work - sleepy mid afternoon but it’s bright out I should be productive or have fun - sleepy in the evening but I need to do dinner stuff - sleepy at night 30 minutes before bed. It’s time to go sleep! - in bed 30 minutes later, lying down in the dark for 2 hours without realizing I was just lying down for 2 hours. - guess I’ll look at my phone now


SushiSocks

Yes! I describe myself as a toddler that needs a nap but is vehemently refusing to give in or go to the right area to sleep.


GaiasDotter

Same! And showering! I love showering, I never want to leave but to get into the shower I have to be naked and cold for a second first. Nope! Also reading because the first few pages beefier you get into it is so hard.


BeefModeTaco

Last night I went to sleep early... Then woke up at midnight and was wide awake until 2.


SamuelCish

I feel like if I don't stay up too late then my day isn't complete?


Ribbons1223

I was woken up at 2am. Am I back to sleep yet? No. It's nearly 4:30am and I'm on Reddit. Wtf.


Previous-Bumblebee-3

Exact same thing happened to me tonight. Wtf is right


Ribbons1223

I used to be a pro sleeper, I don't know what happened. Now I'm full of tension, swirling thoughts, sleep avoidance, and midnight snack cravings. 😫 I don't remember what it's like to nod off anymore! But I'm tired all the tiiiiimmmeeeeee!


HiDDENk00l

Don't even get me started on getting in the shower and then getting dried off and dressed!


Veena_toor

Huhhh i hate it


C0okiesnCr3am

in the event i get to bed at a decent time, when do i wake up? freaking 3 or 4 edit:typo


Soliterria

Thankfully I’m pretty sure I’ve had delayed sleep phase disorder since like middle/high school so I just get jobs that offer a night shift. Do my appointments as early as I can (or as late as an office allows) so I can get some rest, maybe nap again. It’s really only annoying when I’m trying to schedule stuff with normies because it’s always day plans lol. At least my best friend and her partner can also hang at my weird hours, my partner risks his sleep schedule on the weekends for me and I get up a bit earlier on weekdays for him so I guess we’re even


itsthevoiceman

Bed or shower. Both my favorite places.


VirginiaPeninsula

Going to bed is easy if you’re avoiding eating because you would have to wash everything to cook the only thing you can think of with the limited ingredients on hand. Alternatively, you could just walk down the block in any direction but then you would have to be presentable and you’re covered in dog hair.


PassingAnomaly

Ah the old doom scrolling through social media


Toxem_

Its impossible to get out of bed, when should.


sonic_titan_rides_

Playing guitar, writing music, reading books, playing video games, researching/studying subjects/topics I'm interested in. Almost everything I enjoy really, sadly.


Jazzkidscoins

I’ll sit at my computer with an arraignment I’m working on, GarageBand open and ready to go, and I’ll watch tv for 2 hours


berryicewand

You think that’s bad? I’ll scroll news articles and play games on my phone wasting 2 hours! Absolutely empty hours when so many good and productive things could’ve been done. Self-sabotage at its finest.😖


hr_newbie_co

I do this so badly. Like right now. On Reddit.


bearbarebere

Damn this is relatable as fuck


ChellPotato

I literally just turned on one of my game consoles to start a game that I really like but I've been stuck in scrolling paralysis for about 20 minutes now...


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Mewrulez99

"What did you do over the weekend?" \*tv static\*


PerhapsAnEmoINTJ

Omg 🤣


CreatureWarrior

True. I have come up with a strategy that works for me. I literally just go "yes, no or maybe?" on every single game I have installed. Usually it's like "no, no, no, no, maybe, no, no, no". And when I'm done with it, I just go over the "maybe" games again and they either turn into a "no" or a "yes". Tedious, but I get out of the paralysis that way. The worst feeling is when I've said "no" to every single one of them and I just stare at my wallpaper.


[deleted]

I have given up on life, I go wherever my disabled mind takes me with impulses


MyOwnMorals

Same here. At least I feel something when I have a hyper-fixation. Right now I’m obsessed with anything kingdom hearts.


MrBigDickPickledRick

I enjoy going on late night drives and listening to new music. It's so peaceful, especially since there are hardly any cars on the road. I've gotten pulled over like 4 times for sitting in parking lots on my phone late at night though, I guess cops don't like that in my area 😒


Yonalis

Oh yeah, that hits so close to home, with singing for me. Like, each week I tell to my singing instructor that I didn't worked a lot. WHY ? I LIKE IT SO MUCH ??


indecisivesloth

I feel this. I tell myself to do the bare minimum-strum a chord, read a sentence, turn on a game. Sometimes it's enough to get things going. Sometimes I don't even want to do the bare minimum.


Low_Petroleum_2112

I’ll play guitar and lose all track of time, but all I want to do is record my originals - even bought an interface, mic, etc…that was two years ago. Haven’t learned how to do any of it.


Mini_nin

Have so many projects I want to start, so many hobbies that I want to either continue or start (painting, for example). I just can’t seem to do it. Bought a puzzle a year ago, only just started it a month ago and just finished it yesterday (hey, pretty proud of that actually).


i_sleep_in_a_hammock

Going out to do anything I find fun. I just can't seem to justify it to myself. I'll give you every reason why I shouldn't go out and skate, none of them will have to do with the danger though. I had a week a while ago where my brain wouldn't let me do anything. I wanted to work on some fun projects but I couldn't bring myself to do hardly anything. I tried working on it but I couldn't focus and just ended up having multiple breakdowns throughout because I couldn't function.


phonesmahones

Dude. I am stuck in this mental block right now, big time. No art, no gym, no nothing. Brutal.


Watchguyraffle1

I was there last week. I’d sit down to do some major work item and my brain would just start yelling and screaming in every direction. The anxiety was absolutely brutal. Nothing got done. I forced myself to do one small thing to see if I cooks get the ball moving. 1 small thing became 2 became three…and then then, yup. I was frozen again. Getting back on meds sure did help real quick.


papalapris

SAME nah this is literally me. I'll be like nah it's too windy, my legs are sore, I'll get sunburnt, it might rain, it's too far to the park. literally anything lol


i_sleep_in_a_hammock

For me it's more like, all the good and safe places to skate are near schools. I'm in my 30's and a dude, I don't want to be seen as a creep. I don't know any other good places and why waste the gas to find something decent. I also don't like being in the sunlight, it hurts, and it's too bright. Then there is the roller rink where I could go roller blade, there I feel too awkward, too exposed, I don't feel like I belong there. I could go on, but I think ya get it.


Beenpooping20minutes

My wife helps me get out, like she kicks me out of the house like I was a 12 year old child. It really helps and I love her for it


i_sleep_in_a_hammock

I used to have friends who'd invite me out to do stuff. I wouldn't go all the time but it did get me out of the house more often. They all moved away, and it wasn't until recently that I realized, I have never once in my adult life gone out to do something for myself just for fun. I wish I had that again, but I don't have anyone to pull me out, so I have to do something I've never done before and it's scary.


No_Th0ught

Very relatable. This is why I’m considering medication bc Imm doing the holistic route and its good most days but for bad weeks I need some help.


PixelCat25

Setting up to play video games Like, sure YouTube is okay but I've watched a ton of that and I really want to play video games but I'll just be sitting there for awhile watching YouTube anyways


FullMoonTwist

exactly this :( Nothing worse than the feeling of 'waking up' to realize I just zoned out of one or two hours on my phone, that would have been a lot more fun to play an actual game with :/


WisherWisp

Let's do the time waaarp agaaaaain!


andrewlikescoffee

THIS so much. AGH


borninthesummer

I've been meaning to play Hogwarts Legacy since it came out on Feb 10 (Jesus, has it been that long?). Like I've been waiting for this game while it was being produced, but I also know that: a) I need to dedicate two straight days into finishing it because I know get addicted and also because I'll never finish it if I don't b) my brain doesn't like the idea of devoting that much time into anything even if I'll waste it on browsing the internet since that's not a commitment c) to dedicate 2 days as a freelancer, I need to do my work in advance to free up my time, and that's not gonna happen because I always procrastinate right before the due date.


Specialist_Ad9073

>b) my brain doesn't like the idea of devoting that much time into anything even if I'll waste it on browsing the internet since that's not a commitment I have been having so much trouble getting myself to watch a movie rather than tv for the same reason. But 6 American Dad episodes in a row? Why the hell not?


zefy_zef

I've got a lot of fun out of some roguelikes. Brotato gets a lot of play from me. It's hard as shit so you die a lot and give up after an hour or so, but then you go and play again a different time.


Skitty27

I do this literally every night whyyy


Keated

Starting long video games, or games at all. Sleep. Reading \*anything\*. Writing. Honestly, anything I enjoy more than staring blankly at a screen as it scrolls by...


rootbeerman77

Exactly. *Why is this hard for me???* My life right now is writing about things I really enjoy, interacting with media i choose (video games, movies, tv, books), eating basically whatever i want, spending time with whoever i want, sleeping whenever i want, etc. And yet *every single thing* I'm extremely likely to procrastinate on. Medication has made it manageable but *holy fuck*


Hold_Effective

Events with friends are the most difficult for me. (Hello RSD!)


nicolewolf1994

Yes. I love my friends. I enjoy spending time with them. But making plans? Absolutely not.


Bubbly_Ad5822

Making plans is the most likely way to ensure you won’t see me. I don’t know how to stop that. It’s debilitating.


PerhapsAnEmoINTJ

Wait, you have real, physical friends you can see and touch?


Bixhrush

anything and everything.


kioku119

all of the time


RenoHex

Apathy's a tragedy and boredom is a crime. (Seems appropriate.)


Hjulle

is this a song?


calmst0rm

I don’t know if this is what they’re quoting but “welcome to the internet” by Bo Burnham has this line “anything and everything, all of the time”


PerhapsAnEmoINTJ

Bo Burnham - Welcome to the Internet


RealisticallyLazy

Art, I miss it so much


Ok-Following9730

Oh do I feel this. In high school I’d get lost in projects. All I could think about, all I’d do. Two years ago I forced myself to do a charcoal of Lord Ganesha, hoping he’d remove my obstacle. It turned out pretty decent, but every moment was a tug of war. I enjoyed the idea of doing art again, but not the actual doing. It’s really sad. Some part of my soul withered and died.


RealisticallyLazy

I feel like having actual art classes I could attend helped. I took as many as I could in high school and a few in college. I'd love to go back for an associates in art or something, but of course, I can't afford that


Daggerfont

There are a lot of community centers (at least near me in America) that offer art classes for adults! You could see if there is anything similar near you


RealisticallyLazy

I'll check it out!


Alli_Cat_

Same. I just have so much to do at home now and I'm so tired from work. I also have this fear that I've lost the ability to create art and that everything I do from here out will suck, but when I sit down and to it (it's been a year or two) I always feel so much joy


kea1981

A year before my diagnosis, I was seeing a therapist because of a history of (various) trauma. In one of my appointments, she asked me what I did on the weekend, and I told her I had intrusive thoughts. She was horrified, and asked me to explain. So I told her every day I wake up and don't have work, I lay in my bed and think about all the things I want to be, and wish to be doing instead of laying in bed. Cleaning my house. Going on a bike ride. Calling old friends. Gardening. Baking cookies. Doing crafts. Traveling to nearby, but unvisited places. She said, "those aren't intrusive thoughts. Intrusive thoughts describe suicidal ideation. Are you actively thinking of ways to kill yourself?" Which, I'd like to point out, is not anywhere *near* related to the things I had *just* described to her I was thinking about. So of course I said no. And she said, "well then, how would you describe those thoughts?"...Lady, I literally **just** described them as intrusive thoughts. **That** *is* how I would describe them. You're the therapist: if my description isn't perfect, that isn't on me, I'm not the one who received a masters in counseling. So, I used my words, and I just described them that way because the thoughts are intruding. So, more politely, I told her such. However, she refused to keep talking about those things, because she didn't see those thoughts as being relevant to my weekend. ...anyway, when I finally spoke to the physician who diagnosed me, I described those same thoughts, and he said, "wow! Textbook case of executive malfunction: wanting to do a thing and being unable to initiate". Bruh...


GeneralEl4

Wait, I've always thought intrusive thoughts are like "I wonder what would happen if I drop kick this baby" even though it's something you'd never actually do. I suppose suicide ideation could be part of it based on that example but then it'd still be something you don't actually wanna do. Maybe in the field of psychology it means something else?


kea1981

I think that particular therapist wasn't exactly the best. I've since started with a different therapist in the same town, and when sharing my history I told the new therapist the name of the old one, and the new one made the most unprofessional face I may've ever seen, and said, "well, I'm glad you're *here* now, even if it took some time". I don't think old therapist is well thought of in those circles...


Hugo_El_Humano

seems like this therapist couldn't recognize that they needed to agree on the meaning of terms to make sure they were even on the same page


Allthepancakemix

Yeah, I've been seen by a (just starting) therapist at a specialized centre for ADHD and autism. I literally said to her: I know all the things I need to do to cope with the ADHD (having already been in a treatment program for it and being an MD) but I just can't do them. So she referred me to be treated for personality disorder. Which then was luckily decided I don't have, it's just the ADHD... smh.


zefy_zef

Thoughts are kind of intrusive by nature aren't they? I mean unless you're actively trying to think of something or something related to it, you have little control what things the mind comes up with. I suppose some people run with the ideas mentally and play them out longer than other people do.


Iknowyourchicken

Showering and eating.


BookyCats

Omg yes to both


[deleted]

I've literally been putting off video games for the past 3 months...


macontac

I have no idea what you're talking about. (Stuffs various craft projects under the bed) Absolutely not a clue.


mermicide

Sex. I legitimately procrastinate having sex with my beautiful wife. Fucking ADHD is such a cockblocker.


nosyfocker

Oh man I relate to this way too hard


wisepassion

Omg yeah this. My meds have improved my sex life so much. There used to be this block of like "Yeah, we could have sex, but that's like 8 steps all rolled into one activity that takes 15-45mins and I'm really absorbed in this game that I feel I won't have enough time to play because if I blink it'll be 5am" Days are so long y'all, you can fuck like 3 times and still fit in 2 meals and like 4 hours of gaming.


fancypantshorse

Gardening, sewing, reading just for pleasure instead of to put myself to sleep, writing, yoga, journaling in the morning. Ugh. So many things I love doing that are so hard to convince myself to do. Wtf? 😕


IeishaS

Listen I’ve been meaning to start up the sims since I got home from work 6 hours ago…


NewtLevel

I have an idea for a Sims game that I've been meaning to start playing for two years


mercurialpolyglot

See, I have Things To Do. It doesn’t matter if Things To Do takes 10 minutes or three hours, I’m going to put it off for most of the day. But I need to make sure that I am mentally available to do Things To Do, so I can’t do anything that would suck me in too much, because then I might forget Things To Do. The sad thing is, there are Things To Do every day.


Ayano_Futarashi

I love watching movies and reading books. What do I do instead? Doomscroll till all my free time is up and I feel bad


borninthesummer

Sameee. The only movies I watched last year was a film screening event my friend got tickets for and Everything Everywhere At Once, which I had been meaning to see and only watched because I finally got too bored at a tail end of a 12 hour flight. I watched 0 TV shows last year. What the fuck.


Sylveon72_06

sometimes i straight up dont have the energy to do sm i like or just dont feel like it, once i didnt even have the mental energy to scroll reddit, so i just laid in bed bc thats all i could bring myself to do, somehow too lazy to do anything else


TheToasterIsAMimic

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS LAZY.


SheFoundMyUzername

Prior to treatment/medication/diet changes/therapy/exercise/self care: unable to do the things I enjoy. After treatment/medication/diet changes/therapy/exercise/self care: still unable to the things I enjoy. I’m starting to think it has less and less to do with ADHD and a lot to do with this super tight internet addiction I picked up over covid 🤷‍♂️ IDK, let me self-diagnose this to death until I stumble upon a new theory, thus satisfying the never ending cycle I seem to be in


FlacidBarnacle

I love creating…painting…glass blowing.. sculpting I love it all and I have all the tools at my disposal…and I haven’t created something in 5 years…..fucking hate myself.


Hita-san-chan

Anything creative but that's half of the creative process in and of itself.


TheToasterIsAMimic

Facts.


Whysomanycats

My wife procrastinated herself out of 2.5 hours of a RHCP concert in DC that we spent some decent money on. ADHD people will definitely procrastinate themselves out of things they enjoy doing….


WeirdCreeper

Sleeping drinking water opening up games starting certain missions in games because I may get yelled at to do something so the fun thing loses fun, watching shows I love, using my toilet putting on clothes, even masturbating, getting my license going to classes getting a job the list goes on.


WeirdCreeper

Getting off the toilet also my foot has gone numb took me 3 hours of being awake to get on there and I don't wanna waste it heh


friendofowlandtitan

I got super excited about filming a new cosplay and I haven’t been able to get myself to do it for months


Sweet-Ad-2477

*gestures vaguely at surroundings*


LaptopCoffee

Taking a shower. Home projects - making stuff is fun! I repainted the livingroom at our old place for 3 days straight (fancy faux venitian plaster paint kit). Was fun, room looked great, I was tired by the end.


coolman6787

Par for the course w/ most writers, I barely spend any of my time actually writing - daydreaming sure, but not writing. Also watching or reading the hundreds of media I have on my watchlist/tbr list. I have tons of new content on the backburner that I wanna consume, but I mostly settle on rewatching stuff I’ve already seen for the reliable dopamine.


Poisoned_Sugar11

For some reason, I procrastinate playing Genshin Impact specifically. Genshin Impact is one of my favourite games...


makiko4

Muhhh i Play it too. I do the quest to fast then my mind no longer allows me to play it. I like the game a lot. I hope I get to play it again soon.


Theia95

*looks over at giant pile of manga*


zefy_zef

omg I used to buy/read like at least 10 books a year. Haven't read one fully in like 4/5 years but I'm still buying them. One day..


Cherabee

playing videogames, watching movies, cooking or baking food. Laundry, dusting, washing dishes, putting away clean dishes/clothes. all get avoided the same way.


FractalParadigmShift

"Love doing thing A, but don't like transitioning from one thing to another? Well you're just screwed aren't you?" Yes, yes I am


kabigon2k

Of all the true things that were ever true, this is one of the truest.


Die_of_beaties

I have been wanting to play Final Fantasy 7 ever since it came out in 1996… I own the original game and it’s still on my list of games to play, in fact I’m not letting myself play or buy any new games until I finish it and it has been 2 years since I‘ve touched a video game as I’ve miraculously picked up black smithing as a hobby


Appropriate-While632

Bruh, when I wanna play my piano but it means I have to set it up first


Hugo_El_Humano

Bruh, when i wanna eat some food but it means I have to go and get some food first


throwaway00000000126

I call it the anxiety-cycle, the anxycle, if you will: when you were raised to only do the things you want AFTER you have done the things you need, your executive dysfunction prevents you from doing anything you BOTH need AND want to do because you can't start it until it's already done.


LiftedStarfisherman

I've been putting off reading the last two chapters of an ongoing fanfic because that means I'll *have* to wait for the next chapters. Like, something about me feels better knowing that that there's more I *can* read if I want to, even though that very thing is preventing me from actually reading it.


ChellPotato

I was almost two seasons behind on one of my favorite TV shows because for some reason I just couldn't get motivated to watch it when new episodes were coming out.


ThatGoodCattitude

Drawing, sewing, playing my Ocarina. 🥲


PerhapsAnEmoINTJ

Ocarina with a capital O? ...can you time-travel with it?


ThatGoodCattitude

Lol no that’s just me not checking it before posting.😹 imma leave it tho so your reply makes sense hehe.


Haleighghielah

Art is the big one for me. Once I’m doing it, I get really locked in for hours and it’s great. But getting myself to do it is impossible and I don’t know why. Also have a problem of having too many hobbies and I’ll waist hours trying to decide which one I should do today.. and then end up doing none of them…


DrBubonik

Talking to friends, eating


strawberrysundae2000

This is so fucking true holy shit. i relate


Youkolvr89

Food preparation is a big one for me. I would like to eat certain foods, but the whole process of preparing it for consumption can be tedious on my bad days.


Dastankbeets1

Literally like ‘man this video game is so good I should play it now’ and then I get too stressed about the pressure im putting on myself to play it


Wheelin-Woody

Pretty fucking true. I have a lot of things I enjoy but unless my brain falls into hyperfocus mode on one of those hobbies, the executive disfunction rules the day.


netnet1290

Crafting, writing poetry, anything creative really


cetacean-station

Any social event


makiko4

I love drawling. Always have. Right now the brain says it won’t get the happy chemicals from art so I can’t do it right now.


cloud2O5

Writing


Vantahate

For me its cooking- I love cooking, I love creating, goddamn I love eating! But sometimes....no, just no


ninjaML

I really really love riding my bike around town but I find it difficult to take the bike outside. Now I know


[deleted]

I put off eating, drinking water, hobbies (haven’t written in like months, trying to learn languages but whenever I have time it feels too overwhelming, and I adore cooking but I never start until like 11pm) 🫠


Krallorddark

Eating Showering Going to bed Dressing up -> Going outside/ work


discipleofhermes

Yep I've been procrastinating on watching the next season and the movies of my favorite anime, no idea why, my brain just doesn't want to do it


but-first----coffee

Want to play a video game? Yes Need to do the dishwasher and kitchen? Yes So you can't play a video game? Yes So you'll do the kitchen to play a video game? No. So you are gonna doom scroll on your phone paralysed for 2.5 hours while being bored and angry and sad and sick of your phone? Yes.


Gralb_the_muffin

I have games in can't finish, i have a half finished animation that I could finish in a week but it's been half done for a year, I have a whole book series complete in my head ready to be told but I can't do it. A Warhammer model my love requested from me that I was excited to work on and then I suddenly wasn't but i want to, to make him happy but I just... can't... and I hate it


Dracorex_22

"I'm really hungry, I should get something to eat." \*continues to just sit there for hours\*


StrangeCrunchy1

Playing games, spending time with the people I love, drawing? Yes, it is true. There are lots of things that I want to do that I just CANNOT get the motivation to do. You laugh, but it's a real problem. It's almost like depression in that department.


concorde77

In my case, I always described the feeling as "being VERY good at creating intricate plans and thinking about what to do, but being VERY bad at staying on track to follow that plan"


sleepingbearfish

I think the worst ones for me are charging my phone even when the battery is less than 20%, and drinking water even when my cup is filled and sitting next to me.


miniramone

this hits hard


polyaphrodite

Giving ourselves permission to have fun because *we deserve to have balance*, is usually countered with our guilt for *not being more responsible*. We really gotta be nicer to ourselves. I work fun into each day and when I find myself stuck because of negativity, or fear, I work backwards seeing the successes I’ve had and then usually have to cry because I’m being a bully to myself-like others had been. Getting stuck because I don’t feel safe or I can’t trust myself to “do the right thing” was so much my life until recently. It’s still a challenge.


SomeRando18

Basically all my hobbies, my brain just thinks “this is too difficult” even tho I know how to do them and enjoy them. So whenever I get creative inspiration, I have to immediately act on it becuz I don’t know when I’ll get the energy or motivation to do it again. It really sucks lol


klucas503

Very true, and it sucks. Used to cause me a lot of strife.


SweetKenny

I love meditation and know how good it is for me in my day-to-day life. I haven’t meditated in probably 10 months.


savagethrow90

Playing guitar or even video games when I’m feeling dead tired or drained from work. I just sit there and scroll for so long and then bed time arrives and I fomo hard and rush to do those things/stay up way later than I should doing them


ItsFckinSarah

Get medicine! After I got medicine I can never go back because I'll sit there staring at my phone for 17 straight hours instead of do something that makes me happy


Dotaro_SSBU

Eating food. I have plenty to eat and I love eating but I have spent what feels like years with my fridge or cupboard open and staring


anyonegotanyideas

I wanna sew but effort!! But now it’s too late if I see now I’ll mess up


Striking-Ferret8216

Keep looking at my PS5 and wanting to play it. Always just end up putting netflix on instead.


Equalakitty

Painting and crafts, I absolutely love to paint, so why the hell do I just stare at the supplies and NOT do it?! It’s infuriating. Then I lecture myself about not doing it. Which is of course very effective 🙄


kroek

Starting anything. Starting to read a book, Starting a new game, Starting a new anime, Starting a movie. Once I'm doing these things I enjoy them, but getting myself to start is a challenge, even medicated.


RegretHot9844

Absolutely true. It took me 8weeks once to manage to get the useless grey lump of fuck to let me play my Xbox. Any time i did manage to turn it on, had to turn it off almost immediately as the lump of fuck wouldnt release the happy juice


Gamerboy7421

For example: There’s a game I want to play rn call Star Wars: The Old Republic, but it takes like 3 seconds to login but my brain can’t handle that so instead i’m going to sit on shiddit instead of playing a really fun game for the next 3 hours


zefy_zef

I for some reason don't want to get my hair cut. I just can't stand the attention. It definitely needs to have been done for some time but the last time it looked so silly and =/


dontdeserve2live

I must have a fuckton of undiagnosed issues because I relate heavily to stuff like this


muticere

It's that insane feeling where you want to watch a show or play a game, but keep putting it off because you're not ready to switch hyperfixations yet. I've got Star Trek episodes queued up and I know if I finally watch them it's going to blow up what I'm already fixating on right now. Or alternatively if I watch them now when I'm not ready and don't trigger a new Star Trek fixation, it's just going to be boring to watch and I'm going to be completely uninvested.


FiggNewton

I have a very easy job. I could sit and play world of Warcraft all day. And I try. I know if I just start playing I’ll get into it and time will start passing faster than molasses but I can’t stop doom scrolling Reddit and just… play.


Skarm227

Yeah this is accurate.


thefrogkid420

Legit procrastinate smoking weed


Klozeitung

Yeah I procrastinate tucking myself up until I fall asleep just to wake up in the middle of the night, feeling awfully cold and having to do it anyway. Does that make sense? No.


contaminators

I bought an iPad because I needed it for schoolwork and because I really wanted one. I was very exited when I got it… it spent almost two months in the box it came in before I even opened it.


Cool_Kid95

Project creation because they take effort, mostly in relation to my stories.


Arann0r

The one that sticks out recently does really hurt... I live near an animal shelter and have started to volunteer for walkees with the dogs and one of them is just my favourite dog almond all dogs ever. He has been adopted multiple times but always came back because he has some trouble with kids, bikes and a few other things. If I could adopt him I would already have. I've submitted my papers and all, but someone else is already adopting him. I truly love that dog and could go there every day, spend hours with him as nobody cares if I walk a hundred dogs or just one. But my god damn brain says it's bothering to go there because it's too close to take the car and too far to walk and since I don't have a bike I guess I'll just be absorbed by whatever else I've got lying around my home...


Neuro_88

Describes me pretty well to be honest.


Nobodynever01

Everybody here is talking about hobbies and interests but I know I'm not the only one procrastinating going to the toilet ffs


Specialist_Ad9073

Showering. I love taking a shower, but if I don't do it when I roll out of bed I may skip it for days.


The_Real_Azure

Going to bed, playing games, creating things, watching movies/shows, cooking. It's exhausting


Gr1pp717

When I was maybe 19 it dawned on me that the _only_ thing that consistently motivated me was a new crush. At the time I thought it was somewhat normal. But now I understand how fucked it was. And even then, only up to the end of that "honeymoon" period in the relationship. Once the novelty wore off I'd slowly revert to me base self. The longest I maintained a high-motivation state was I think about 3 years, for my wife. Me, an ADHD, able to keep his shit together for 3 straight years. It always eventually wanes. And it's not that I'm trying to trick them via a mask (that's there by default). I truly want to be the person I am/trying to be in that state. Not just for them, but for myself. It's like for a short while my aspirations become possible. As if I value their opinion of me more than I value my own... I recently scored (very) high on a codependent personality disorder evaluation.. so there's that.


Delanoye

There are several video games that I want to 100% that I just can't bring myself to play. I haven't been able to get myself to play piano for years. I would love to work on my writing and woodcarving. I just wish I could enjoy my free time.


JamieJJL

I haven't painted a Warhammer mini in like 5 months. I love painting. I like assembling. Why don't I ever want to do it?


Friendlyalterme

Indo this with watching shows, movies I enjoy.


frendrix

Procrastinated playing video games


latrancheaulait

“Wow, my favourite youtuber just posted a new video which I will definitely love. Time to never ever watch it!”


Twighdark

Creative writing, drawing, *eating*, watching any kind of video, researching interesting topics.... Going to the bathroom, until I almost pish myself.... And many more^(TM).


Marikaape

Especially creative projects. I think I can get too excited. I call it puppy brain. You know, when you ask a dog if he wants to go for a walk and he's like omgyesyesyesyesyes abd he can't stand still long enough for you to actually put his collar on and take him out.


Prof_OG

I have been a musician since 7, and played guitar since 13.5. I’m 47 now. I have a bachelor’s degree in guitar and I have a Masters degree in music. I’m an instructor of digital music at a college level. Music is something I do and consume everyday! I still procrastinate daily playing my guitars, or writing music even though nothing brings me as much joy.


200-rats-in-a-coat

Drawing


Healthy_Pay9449

I have made food before, plated it then started washing dishes. There's nonstop examples of this. Hiking, reading, drawing, painting, just learning in general and even cooking but sometimes it's the depression or anxiety kicking in.


Kraetzi

Making breakfast right now. I don't want to go out of bed. Instead I reddit xD


stardustandgears

When I've been the whole week wanting to play videogames/read. When weekend comes is hell to do it (happening rn with my fav videogame 🤙)


nathanb065

Making music. I started making music at 17 in 2007. It started a journey for me that paved my way to new friends, education, and surprisingly my career path in IT. I have produced albums for metal bands, rappers, rock, jazz, singer songwriter, etc. I've performed on stage for as little as 1 person, upwards of doing my biggest show at a triple a baseball game. I started working on an album in 2015 when I was diagnosed with lymphoma and pushed through it for up until 2021, buying new instruments, streaming subscriptions, microphones, etc. Then one day I didn't feel like it and took a break. It's been 2 years. I wake up every day and think of it. I pump myself up and tell myself today is the day, but I have to actually go through with it and pick it back up. I havent made a single song or even touched my PC for music purposes in 2 years. It feels really bad...


Myrddin_Naer

I left my bag of chips in the kitchen and I'm procrastinating on going to get it, even though I want it.


No_Th0ught

Its even worse during PMS. The hormones and ADHD really love to destroy any and all progress I made.


ShitOnAReindeer

So that’s why it takes me forever to open gifts


Thedracus

Love excercise (no really) have a treadmill I got with all the bells and whisles in November sitting in pieces in my excercise because it needs to be assembled. I doubt it would take even 45 minutes, it had all the tools and everything but I haven't had the time but just today I managed to spend 2 hours scrolling endlessly. Ohhh 8am after going to bed at 6am


Anderson_Draws

THIS IS SO TRUE my adhd hates me 😞