r/videos May 30 '17

This guy's presentation on ADHD is excellent

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JowPOqRmxNs
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u/Hellknightx May 30 '17

Except when your horse starts to stray off the path you've told it to go, often you won't even notice until you're already far down that other path. Sort of a "What was I doing again?"

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u/flY_Sw4tteR_ May 30 '17

Fucking Reddit and YouTube account for 98% of these occurrences.

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u/fullforce098 May 30 '17 edited May 30 '17

Reddit is legitimately the worst thing to happen to people with ADHD yet.

At the same time, though, it's also the best thing to ever happen to people with ADHD, and that's why it's the worst thing.

It's the absolute perfect dopamine machine. I spend more time on subs like /r/gaming, /r/movies, /r/television, etc than I do actually playing games or watching movies or TV or whatever. I'm distracted from my distractions.

So you think "Well, I'll delete my account and cut myself off." But the issue is reddit is actually incredibly useful in certain ways and it's helped you a great deal with other things. It's a double edged sword.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '17

I have deleted and remade so many times. Goddamn right.