Recent comments in /f/GetMotivated

throwra79275839 t1_jdq9keo wrote

Reply to [Image] study :) by Dopamine_trance

Great advice.

Except to folks with ADHD or other autism spectrum disorders, as things like this make it worse, thanks to pathological demand avoidance.

All my life, I could be doing something I need to be doing or be planning on doing something I need to do. But, as soon as someone made a request or demand about it, it suddenly became the absolute last thing I wanted to do, or even got pushed completely out of my mind. And then I'd feel bad about it the next day, because, intellectually, I know what needs to be done, but, in the moment, I literally can't bring myself to do it, even if I'm internally screaming at myself to do so.

And with how common insomnia is with neurodivergents, I bet a lot of people seeing this right now are in that boat.

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TechnicalOtaku t1_jdpix03 wrote

Reply to [Image] One day at a time guys by Chiffonic

i only wake up to them because it's quite literally impossible not to unless you're in a coma or dead. this means absolutely nothing. But that's the case for 99% of "motivational" stuff. it's all braindead stuff made up by someone who's never actually been depressed

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gekko513 t1_jdp3nk8 wrote

Reply to [Image] One day at a time guys by Chiffonic

Well, waking up isn't really that much of a choice. It happens eventually no matter what (unless, well, best not to go there), which leaves the rest of the premise more of a curse than bravery.

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