So I was still getting distracted by some personal stuff from time to time but have now found a very neurodivergent solution to it that works.
I remembered this post I once read on reddit about an neurodivergent woman who would thank the machines in her house after using them.
So whenever I have distracting thoughts now, I tell my mind," Please not right now. I have to focus on this other thing right now. For some reason this has seen a doubling or tripling in how fast unwanted thoughts go away." I speak to my mind as if it's an external entity that I require things from and that seems to help further improve communication and cooperation.
Let's see if it keeps working today and tomorrow and the days to come.
I am also getting good at not being overcome by hunger.
I am still terrible at handling cold.
How do you wake up early during a cold day? What's the trick?
I have gotten better at pushing myself to perform tasks. The internal seed message is working for now.
I just need to double down one more time and I should be out of my hole finally by the end of the month.
Good luck to you and good luck to me.
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This actually sounds like a really good way of dealing with intrusive thoughts that I hadn't considered before. Ty!
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As far as I can tell it does work. How effectively? I haven't tried it long enough to be able to tell. You should post your results as well to help out other dramanauts find out what works or not.
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I did it today kinda. I have a lot of difficulty doing all the bs paperwork at my job. Usually I have to consume copious amounts of coffee to literally get any of it done. Today I didn't drink any coffee and instead in the beginning of the day I sort of "other-ed" my mind/body and said to it "Thank you for everything you do. I know when you're distracting me you mean well but we really need to get to work today. Let's focus on doing that today. Thank you for your help." I did this in a genuine, gratitude-filled way and it worked. I got a lot of work done. At the end of the day I also sent thanks to it.
I think it helps unify the mind a bit and make it less like you are fighting yourself.
!schizos new lifehack just dropped. Inprove your life NOW with this one simple trick
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!r-slurs I have learned how to biohack our people
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This is like land-acknowledgement for r-slurs.
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I bully other-me
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take a hot shower
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No I mean the part before that. The getting out of bed bit?
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Get addicted to something.
Keep the something just out of reach when you're in bed.
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I have overcome all addictions except for rdrama posting. :(
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Imagine if you could actually hire ice gremlins to wake you up from a deep, enjoyable, metaphorical dream. One that would be good for your brain... But they would do their ice gremlin thing of covering you in literal ice and then running away. But they look like opossums so they just get away with it.
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It is hard :(
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Do you have a roomie who can tickle you out of bed?
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No :(
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Get a puppy and start feeding it in the morning
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I cannot afford a puppy.
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Good job. It's at least keeping you mindful and in control.
Go to bed early? I watch Astrum or Drachinifel videos to go to sleep. Exercise earlier in the day really helps (as does having a job
). Not being on your phone while in bed is good.
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I tried going to sleep on time. I just lay there in the dark for the next 3-4 hours.
Already not on my phone during sleep.
Will try out exercising in the morning.
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It really helped me find something that keeps my mind from wondering at night. Those youtube channels have been perfect for that.
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I would get too distracted.
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Have you tried static noise? There's YouTube video you can downloads, smartphones apps, etc.
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I am sensitive to noise and static doesn't work for me. I prefer trying to overcome silence.
The tism in me fights the ADHD in me.
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Hehehe you think you've escaped... But then you stumble upon a random interracial commercial (like all of them are ๐คฃ) and BOOM your thoughts go right there! To that tasty BBC he must have ๐ in second you are feeding yourself porn and end up cumming like a fountain ๐ค๐ค BBC WINS!
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this will unironcally work really well
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I know.
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depending on your thermal insulation it may be possible to preheat the water before falling to sleep
you can also keep a mobile radiator close to bed and place on top of it (without blocking it obviously) the clothes you are going to wear, that way you can heat your clothes before getting out of bed
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Nice advice but I found an even lazier solution I am writing a post about in 10 minutes.
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