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How to work on a single hobby for a long time with adhd and without meds? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/adhd@lemmy.world
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I have a problem that every time i want to start new hobby, i cant work on it for long enough time to develop it into a habit. I quit the hobby i started even less than one month after starting it, even if i am excited and interested in working on it for a long time.

Since i dont know if i really have an adhd, because psychitriastists i went to say that i dont have adhd, despite i have common symptoms like lack of motivation, problems with learning and work, and problem with working on hobbies for a long time, i need to somehow find a way to work on a single hobby for a long time, without meds.

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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Why do you NEED to work on a single hobby for a long time? Once you have to force it, it's not a hobby anymore, it's work.

Feel free to rotate hobbies. If you start to get sick of one, dig out another one you haven't touched for a while.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I want to have a single hobby, like normal people do. Normal people can just find any thing that interests them, get a hobby of it, and work on it for as long as they want. For me, this is problem, because for me, every time i need to find new thing to get hobby of it. If i will not find that thing in time, i will lose interest to current hobby, quicker than find interest for new hobby.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Don't compare yourself to others, what works for them doesn't necesserily works for you. Do what you enjoy, try and spend as little as you can so you don't have to worry about abandoning them and regret, and try and not hoard hobbies: if you buy a guitar but didn't play it for 3 years, maybe it's time to sell if and recover some money, if you know you don't care about it. Just try and not feel too bad about it. Hobbies are and should be to enjoy passing times only.

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