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The most mediocre superb owl

I wonder if the animals in my house have learned to recognize the games I'm playing by how loudly they make me swear.

It is cold as F. I feel sorry for those poor souls in the homeless tents. However, I feel happy for all the people having sex to stay warm. Yeah baby. And yeah baby for all the new babies coming nine months from now.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

It is cold as F. I feel sorry for those poor souls in the homeless tents. However, I feel happy for all the people having sex to stay warm. Yeah baby. And yeah baby for all the new babies coming nine months from now.

I need to go turn down the heat in anticipation of the cold weather....

Hobear wrote:
Baron Of Hell wrote:

It is cold as F. I feel sorry for those poor souls in the homeless tents. However, I feel happy for all the people having sex to stay warm. Yeah baby. And yeah baby for all the new babies coming nine months from now.

I need to go turn down the heat in anticipation of the cold weather....

You guys joke, but whenever it was chaotic on the labor deck, we could usually do the math and figure out what major event precipitated it. Winter storms, holidays, and ships/units returning home were the usual culprits.

My mother and her two siblings all have birthdays within a couple weeks of each other in late September. My wife quipped that it's obvious what my grandpa got for Christmas. Which... yeah, probably.

Not really sure if I should have a personal vent here, but I've got nowhere else to put it. It's not a loathe, it's just a lot of self-reflecting.

I really struggle to maintain focus on anything. But when I can, I am so bloody focussed it's ridiculous. I always thought it was a symptom of videogames teaching me to expect instant gratification, but the more I read about adult attention disorders, the more I think I may need to see a doctor/psychologist. At the very least if I don't have ADD/ADHD(?), I can work on some skills to help me redirect focus more effectively.

So why am I thinking this?

  • I seem to have a new hobby each month. And it's not just a minor thing, I get obsessed. A few months ago, I learned how to code so I could make a game, before that I got really focussed on making the perfect baked potato. Potato for lunch, dinner, snacks, every damn day. There was an unhealthy period of craft beer obsession, then I learned everything about pinball -- the mechanics, the history, the designers. Most recently, it's been gameboy; I have spent an ungodly amount of time researching how they work, how to mod them, the history of games, everything. I don't get passing interests in things, I go way to deep every time. My girlfriend who suffers Bipolar 2 even remarked that my obsession bordered on her hypomanic states (especially with the game coding month).
  • Movies? Yeah I'd love to watch some movies. I have a long list, but unless I have a videogame to play while I watch, I'll never finish one. I can't sit still long enough. Unless I'm really invested and in a cinema with no other distractions, it won't happen
  • Study takes. so. long. I get good grades, but with three times the amount of time invested compared to my peers. I stop and start, unable to process anything past a certain point. It's like I read the words, but nothing gets processed. I know when to take breaks, but I wish it wasn't every 10 minutes.
  • If there are voices in the background, or things moving nearby, I can't read. It's not like I lack the attention, but like I have too much attention and it's being pulled in every direction. It's not just difficult, I can't process any meaning from the words in front of me.
  • I'm always spending money I don't have on something new. Gotta have those new experiences, those little artificial blips of happiness, despite how useless they are. New new new. Things bore me too easily.

And so on. These aren't new problems, but I've always had ways around them. Online study was great as it allowed me the flexibility to work around distractions and take breaks when needed. Now that I'm on campus studying honours, these things are really bothering me. It's more than needing practice or "warming up". Something feels broken.

It makes me speak/type before thinking, or take too long to think before speaking/typing. It makes me feel stupid.

So I guess the whole point of this is...Maybe I need to see a doctor and stop thinking it's just a personal hurdle I need to overcome myself. I'm not sure. I just needed to get the words out to solidify what's spinning around in my head.

If you feel like you should speak to a therapist you should probably go speak to a therapist. At the very least it's unlikely to do more harm than good, and we've all got things we could use help with, even if your self diagnosis isn't 100% accurate.

Mobile double post, so I'll just say selling yourself sucks and I hate job searches and dating website equally.

Uni! Thank you for sharing, that is tough, good you have called out the beast and now time to search for help and healing/coping. I did a long gig of intake for psych services here in the US and research but that was a while back. There are others better to talk this over with and you're not in my country's health system but that being said if you want help ID'ing a good resource PM me anytime.

I'm pretty sure every news thing I've seen about the Pet Sematary remake has had at least one comment trying to correct the spelling of the title.

A_Unicycle wrote:

So I guess the whole point of this is...Maybe I need to see a doctor and stop thinking it's just a personal hurdle I need to overcome myself.

Speaking from a position of experiencing those same things myself: it's not a personal hurdle or character flaw; there's not something broken or wrong with you; it's a thing that can be identified and treated; it can be understood. Give your doctor a try. Have someone help you schedule the appointment if (like me) your sometimes unpredictable focus means you forgot to call the doctor until after hours.

My favorite new game:

Many, many people have bought phones and cameras that automatically upload video to YouTube upon recording, so if you're bored, go to YT and just type in "img XXXX", where the X's are any four number combination. You'll be shocked at how much content there is, and will probably be the first person to view several videos.

Sounds like Russian roulette.

I’ll have to give it a try.

Today I dropped a kitchen knife and, while nimbly dodging it (panicked jumping), I lost an inch long patch of hair on my shin where it skimmed me.

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SUBJECT: RE: Will Smith as Genie

No thank you.

Regards,
Prederick

Prederick wrote:

SUBJECT: RE: Will Smith as Genie

No thank you.

Regards,
Prederick

I knew it was gonna be bad. I didn't expect it to be THAT bad.

Prederick wrote:

SUBJECT: RE: Will Smith as Genie

No thank you.

Regards,
Prederick

Shaq already perfected genies. I'm not sure why we need any more.

FridgeGremlin wrote:

Today I dropped a kitchen knife and, while nimbly dodging it (panicked jumping), I lost an inch long patch of hair on my shin where it skimmed me.

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I also dropped a knife the other day but unfortunately am not as nimble, and it landed point down on my foot. Thankfully it was a fairly lightweight knife that is in need of sharpening, so it only punctured me, but the fear that gripped my heart in that moment.. Thank goodness it wasn't the chef's knife.

ClockworkHouse wrote:
A_Unicycle wrote:

So I guess the whole point of this is...Maybe I need to see a doctor and stop thinking it's just a personal hurdle I need to overcome myself.

Speaking from a position of experiencing those same things myself: it's not a personal hurdle or character flaw; there's not something broken or wrong with you; it's a thing that can be identified and treated; it can be understood. Give your doctor a try. Have someone help you schedule the appointment if (like me) your sometimes unpredictable focus means you forgot to call the doctor until after hours.

Hey, sorry, I never got back to this thread. Thankyou for the reassuring words (and everyone else).

My mother is very close to her GP, and while I don't visit any more, she (GP) has done many favours for our family. My mother mentioned my concerns, so she gave my mother her personal e-mail so I could chat to her about my "symptoms".

I reworded my post here a little and sent it her way. She says it certainly sounds like ADHD, and has provided a list of recommended psychologists. I'll likely see her soon and hope for a government-funded referral for diagnosis (or at the least, some coping strategies if I don't get a diagnosis -- I'm not sure what I'd prefer!)

Prederick wrote:

SUBJECT: RE: Will Smith as Genie

No thank you.

Regards,
Prederick

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Nomad wrote:
Prederick wrote:

SUBJECT: RE: Will Smith as Genie

No thank you.

Regards,
Prederick

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better.

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Blue schlong in a Disney movie? That'll be the day.

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Wow, this thread really blue up fast!