r/videos • u/Jtaimelafolie • May 30 '17

This guy's presentation on ADHD is excellent

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

I am motivated (desire to) make my wife happy. I intend on making my wife happy, now or in the future. I also want my actions to result in making my wife happy. I still can't seem to do the damn dishes.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '17

So you're not motivated to do the dishes (the action), but you are motivated to make your wife happy (result of the action) :).

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u/JMJimmy May 30 '17

I am motivated to do the action. I want the dishes done too not just to make my wife happy. You're confusing the desire to act (motivation) with the performance of the act (executing).

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u/[deleted] May 30 '17

Same here; you say you want the dishes done, so you desire the result of the action. It's not the same as actually desiring to wash dishes. I think this is a pointless semantic discussion though, both motivation and executive functions are umbrella-terms without a specific neurological definition.

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u/JMJimmy May 30 '17

It's not the same as actually desiring to wash dishes.

Not many could say that but use a different action to make it clearer. I desire to rock climb. Absolutely love doing it. Same result: the execution never occurs.