• sbexpert@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I thought that was an ADHD trait… or is this one of those symptoms that can be true for both?

    But this explains why my partner will play the same game all day and nothing else, even though she has plans to work on projects and stuff.

    • ladytaters@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That’s me. I will get “stuck” on something for hours and hours and suddenly it’s 12 midnight and I should have been in bed 2 hours ago. I just… Can’t pull myself away from it.

    • burt@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Sounds a lot like hyper-focus to me too, but like most traits shared by ADHD and Autism, there are probably some subtle differences. Personally I find the inertia terminology to be more representative of my experience.

    • lasuertemia@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I thought so too. Body doubling is similar to what they’re suggesting here and is often recommended for ADHDers.