ADHD is 24/7 Boredom

[u/Dramatic-Office9476]

I've realized that ADHD is like having the feeling of boredom, but 24/7. Constantly seeking out stimulation in various ways and the boredom is cured only temporarily. Even while I am doing something or supposed to be doing something (like work), nothing ever satisfies that need.

This leads to risky and obsessive behaviors like impulse buying or, for me, abusing alcohol. I abused alcohol religiously, and it took many years of my young adult life. It wasn't until I started taking ADHD seriously that my life started to turn around.

I've had to learn how to be bored again and know that it's alright. Contentment is oh so powerful, and I try to practice that as well.

I call it subconscious boredom. That's my two cents.

[u/Noam8271]

Go out on a walk, listen to music, go to the gym, hang out with friends, learn a new skill, meditate. There are a lot of things you can do to cure boredom you just need to find something you like doing

[u/Ok_Bother_3823 → u/Noam8271]

But I'm so bored yet it's so hard for me to do any of this even if I want too

[u/Noam8271 → u/Ok_Bother_3823]

Go read my other reply, the secret is to find something you can hyperfocus on and enjoy doing for a few months

[u/Dramatic-Office9476 → u/Noam8271]

Yeah, before I started medication, I would do all of those things, and they worked temporarily, but then I was onto the next thing.

My point is that nothing ever cures that boredom. Meds help, though. Meditation also helps, but initiating that task is very difficult sometimes because, on the surface, it doesn't have much value, even though it is extremely helpful.

[u/noshirtnoshoes11 → u/Noam8271]

These are really helpful suggestions, but I feel like you didn't understand OP's point. For some people with ADHD, all of the things you said will get boring (even things you like)- and that's the struggle.

[u/Noam8271 → u/noshirtnoshoes11]

Yeah I know that, I hobby hop every few months, I had a hacking stage, self improvement stage, gym stage, Phone modding and computer modding stage, coding stage, dropshipping stage, crypto trading stage and now Im in my music production stage. It's hard keeping yourself entertained with adhd but it's not impossible, you just need to find something you enjoy learning about. Every once in a while I return to one of my old hobbies when I'm bored, for example, I still go to the gym but not at the rate I used to

[u/Noam8271 → u/[deleted]]

So find friends just go up to people and talk with them, get a taste in music, I mean, everyone has a taste don't give up on your self