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I just don’t eat till the evening.
Hunger triggers a caveman response of “you need to work to get food” which keeps me productive.This and my eating disorder are best friends 🙃 thankfully, body dismorphia bullies both of them harder than they bully me, so I end up hot.
I also do this but apparently this can be a contributing factor to developing diabetes if you’re already at risk.
I’d love a source on this.
I’m in my late 50s and do IF. My last blood tests came out perfect, as in my doctor was almost pissed that she couldn’t tell me to quit something :)
I don’t know if there is one. Intermittent fasting can actually help with diabetes I was told, but not sure about full day fasting with one meal at the end.
I suspect the issue is you get hit with a bunch of carbs and sugars all at once and it overloads your pancreas’s ability to produce insulin.
If you candy carb load on withdrawal at 18.00 regulary that will surely strain your insulin receptors a lot.
Would be good to know if the claim IF>Diabetes specifies different ways of doing it.
I don’t have a source. My nutritionist told me this at an appointment this week, and I didn’t think to ask for one. Honestly would love for it to be disproved
ok but then no energy to do stuff
The body makes energy from stored fat even if you don’t eat. But it’s a shallower pool that depletes easier so you need to work at a slower, sustainable pace.
YES! Five years of only eating after 6pm because it makes me energetic AF.
Mentioned it before but: Watch a show with crazy but functional characters until mirror-neurons/code-switching/whatever-the-hell-it-is kicks in and you start being able to act and think like them. Then do the task as that character. The more unhinged the character the better because then it’s just fun to kinda larp them in your head as you do your task, and it takes your mind off of the task itself but still gets you to do the task.
Also very helpful for writing essays btw. Like if normally you write essays “like a robot” just pick someone who speaks with charisma and write the essay in the way you think they would. I’m not joking, it really helps
Then I accidentally pick Cheryl/carol from archer and burn the whole place down.
Idk, you’re just as likely to release a banger of a country album
Outlaw country!
Just make sure you stay away from glue.
YOU’RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!!
Oh look another thing I do but never realized was due to my ADHD.
This reminds me of a piece of advice I once got when taking foreign language exams. Try to think how your teacher talks and writes and act like them. Embody them.
Watch Uncut Gems, really gets you into that hustler mindset.
Coukd you recommend some shows good for this?
The last time I needed to do this (I got medicated shortly after) the first few episodes of Helluva Boss were coming out and several of those characters are quite… eccentric which makes it easier (and more fun) to hear them in your head as you do a stupid task.
If you have anxiety about the task, watching The Witcher might be a better option. That was my go-to for socially anxious tasks like going to the laundromat. Become Geralt and suddenly it is no longer frightening to do laundry but tedious to the point you’re too annoyed to be socially anxious lol
I would do that to an unhealthy degree if I liked more characters from my native language (dubs are usually lame) … hard to larp a character in a foreign language.
I do this, but I’ve never thought to turn it back on itself and use it to my advantage, pure genius!
So… How unhinged is your behavior? Where you from Dread Pirate Roberts to the first Freddy Kruger movie
in college, I made a separate user that had no video games installed and knew none of my passwords. I made myself go to the library at a set time and had to stay for a set duration of working hours. I also used a social media blocker. Eventually it stopped working though and I would sit there and do nothing versus start.
Just do something, even if it’s a terrible idea.
Example: I need to put up this shelf. I’ll get my tools. But first I need to find the right position, measure, make sure it’s level, line up the guide holes…well, before I pick the position, I should check for studs. Where’s the stud finder? Oh, I need a pencil too. And those magic sponges. Do I need to buy more of those? HOLY SHIT, IT’S BEEN TWO HOURS AND I’VE DONE NOTHING?
Drills hole in wall.
Ok. Now there’s a big hole in the wall. I need to resolve that before my wife comes home in an hour. That’s motivating. Let’s see if i can cover that with a shelf.
It’s so hard to drill that hole sometimes but it’s so true, even just doing something wrong but related is enough to prime things.
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“dropped a table” as in “little Bobby DROP TABLES”?
Not getting stuck in the first place. From the moment i wake up i keep going until everything is done or it’s evening.
Sitting down for too long and taking a rest is a good way to lose momentum.
That works, but I usually have to pay the price for it the next day.
That’s going to be the unhinged part or at least more of it.
In the morning, before the brain even understands what’s going on. Start again. Swallow the breakfast slop, chug down coffee, all while half asleep and then start moving again. The brain wakes up while already in motion.
I’ve noticed somewhere in the ballpark of max 1h in the morning, after that it starts to get harder to get moving. A time that I’m currently starting to run out of, so time to get moving and hit the gym.
Disclaimer: Of course people are different and it doesn’t work for everyone and it likely has a cost associated to it.
Yeah, I’ll just stay unproductive thanks.
Completely fair. Probably less damaging approach anyway.
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Yeah, but I’m going to be a real ass about that one and leave that problem for the future me to deal with. If i can squeeze out a few decades, then my purpose has been served.
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I can’t continue doing that indefinitely, but its usually how I get through the week when I’m not super motivate.
That’s what makes it unhinged, not taking into account that the body cant do it indefinitely. It most definitely has a long term cost
I can do 1 week level of productivity and then 3 days of recovery doing nothing. This works best when I’m just a lowly level employee that works based on ticket but now there’s a lot more ad hoc work and I’m struggling.
Hey I found my solution! Just keep going and never stop . Food what’s that? You can do things in that time too!
Technically yeah, it’s completely possible to eat fast, though have to be careful with that one, max 10-15min otherwise you lose the momentum. It’s even possible to eat on the go while standing up or walking.
Ow I just skip lunch entirely. I have been doing that for so many years now
Blasting my brain out with really loud music usually helps.
Besides that, my brain is a lot either/or.
I am not great a eating balanced, getting a balanced amount of exercise, or doing anything else balanced.
When I went to university, I either studied 10h/day every day, or I did not study at all.
As soon as I start slacking on my own extreme goals for specific task, I lose almost all ability to get that thing done.
It’s extreme or nothing, it is now or not now.
Blasting my brain out
Oh no.
with really loud music
Phew.
Currently blasting the new single by Muse, Unravelling, in my office, trying to force myself to do a mundane task at work…
New Muse track, you say? :D
The latest was released today! It is awesome, but Unravelling is my favorite so far, but Hexagons, which was released today is also really good.
Muse has some great songs and good albums as well; however since Something Human I’ve been nothing but disappointed, personally.
I agree, so I was quite surprised when I listened to their latest singles this morning. The latest single, Hexagons, was released today.
Their new singles is called Hexagons, Cryogen, Be With You and Unravelling, and I actually like all of them.
I think I listened to Cryogen and wasnt a huge fan but I’ll definitely see about the others.
Also it seems ones.enjoyment of a song tends to grow parabolically with time so if I really wanted I could just listen to it a lot and eventually id like it. Im experiencing this with Tool now. Never used to like them really but I have been enjoying the Aenima album
Cryogen is a bit meh, but give Unravelling a go, it is IMO the best of the new songs, while Hexagons also have potential, but I haven’t listened to it enough yet.
But it also really depends on ones taste in Muse’s songs. They really differ a lot. One of my favourites is Exo-Politics.
True
Well I really like both the accoustic and original Sonething Human. I also like Drones (song in particular), Newborn, oh and I quite like all of the alternative song versions towards the end of 20th Century edition of Absolution Album
The intro to be with you sounds like it might up my alleyway
Maybe I’m just being obtuse but I really feel Matt Bellamy has the skill to be amongst the greatest artist (at lesst in pop/rock) but its like hes just not getting at it the right way or something. Its like hes edging greatness and that is frustrating
Tell someone something is already done and that you’ll show them later.
Panic is a wonderful motivator.
My energy for school projects.
Buy absolutely miniscule amounts of food so hunger drives me out of my house to get things done.
Refuse to use AC because I love being outside in the summer but fucking hate leaving the house.
I feel this one.
I saw alcohol mentioned a few times in the comments and I get it, but please be careful with it. Neurodivergence and alcohol is a match made in hell. (For me it was. I have no right to speak for anyone else, TBH.)
Thankfully, it’s just the standard doses of amphetamines and caffeine for me these days.
(Alas, I am stuck in a hell of an anxiety loop right now, and can’t get some super important stuff done and can’t crack out of this, for whatever reason. Booze has crossed my mind a few times, but I am fairly positive my next bender would be my last.)
I had a major alcohol mismanagement problem for years. Found SMART Recovery (science based, free) and got a handle on it. 2 years later became a meeting facilitator.
The amount of ADHD, bipolar, and other "“neurodivergents” (hate the word) is astounding.
I would be very wary of substance use.
What do you suggest instead of neurodivergent?
Personally, I prefer ‘neurodiverse’, or some variation of ‘not neurotypical’.
‘Neurodivergent’ is just so ugly as a word and the sounds and mouth shape when saying the ‘vergent’ bit are gross.
Neurospicy is fun. But I don’t know any reason to change ND.
amphetamines
Also not the self-medicating kind. I can attest to that.
Attestation approved. ;) (Legally prescribed Adderall and non-abused for about 16 years or so…)
Back in school, like secondary and high school, I used to drink to get my homework done and essays written in time. A sip between pages, or when it started to get hard to think. I quit drinking to smoke herbs and suddenly dropped out because I fell too far behind with all the essays, “weird.”
When cleaning and organizing, no breaks. Break means I sit down until I head to bed, so the only option is to push until everything is done and/or I crash. Drinking plenty of water and not going to bathroom also helps, like “I can go to pee once I do this… Okay I forgot, but I can go once I get this other thing done… Oh, well after this…”
Also blasting fast music helps, I can dance and daydream while getting stuff done without thinking too much. But that might backfire and cause me to zone out too, slip into the daydreams and dancing. But that’s good for my head too, so ehh.
Damn, do you happen to get sleepy/exhausted from caffeine?
When I was younger, absolutely. I loved drinking a big cup of coffee, then curling under a blanket and having a nice, 4-6 hours “nap” in the middle of the day… These days I can’t really do caffeine in any form, makes me jittery lol. Being very sober tho, which is great.
White lithium grease usually does the trick.
Bad part is that it leaves residue everywhere.
Thanks, dad
Induce panic. Just spiral out of control about that shit until you get the adrenaline, then start doing coping mechanisms to get the anxiety to a level you can function but you can only function on the thing you’re specifically freaked the fuck out about.
It ain’t good for you, but it works in a pinch
Stare at a wall for 15min. At some point I actually tart tripping
According to legend the monk Bodhidarma achieved enlightenment just by staring at a cave wall, it’s a time-honored tradition
I wonder what he was avoiding.
My wife and I are completely opposite with this one here. If I stare at a wall for 15 min, we are not sure I will get back to the surface again, so peaceful… while my wife would suddenly rather fix our lawn mower. She’s like the squirrel from Over The Hedge… She’s diagnosed with ADHD and I am with ADD, it’s quite obvious when looking at us, haha.
I wake up at 2 am to get things done, because everything is quiet and I can peacefully zone out to music on my headphones. My problem now is that both my awake cat and my sleeping husband want me to stay in bed and it’s a lot harder to convince myself to get up anyway.
I offload some mental responsibilities to husband. I tell him what I want to do so if I forget he reminds me. It also makes me feel bad if I don’t do them cause he knows what I wanted to do so I’m like…10 percent more likely to finish.
