Happy New Year ADHDers!

As promised, here are the results of our scientifically rigorous poll about which things are the worst for taking over your dopamine system:

  1. Scrolling
  2. Someone is wrong on the Internet
  3. Phone notifications
  4. Video games
  5. Maladaptive daydreaming
  6. Unfinished projects that should be quick to finish
  7. Sleep-deprivation-induced mania
  8. Alcohol
  9. Reading internet to drown out own thoughts
  10. Expensive hobbies
  • Ashtear@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    7 days ago

    NSFW stuff is conspicuously absent.

    Although for #3, turning off my email notifications and switching to scheduled check-ins was a game changer for me. Wish I could do it with texting.

      • Ashtear@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Yeah, in my personal life it’s not a problem but I gotta do it during work hours. The problem I have is getting a notification and then next thing I know it’s two hours later and I’m still off-task.

    • Da Oeuf@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Yeah, I didn’t want to influence the poll too much with my own stuff but was reflecting on it alone and that is definitely in my top 5 and probably top 3. It’s an abiding one too.