/siberia/ - Off-topic

>>816305
amphetamines

Do something or stop thinking that you need to do something and that it matters.

Treating adhd.

>>816310
Trvke. Self medicate with whatever you can get your hands on if you can't afford legal amphetamines.

start writing your ideas ig?

>>816331
You see me all the time writing them down on this board.

>>816310
could very well be this yeah.

But overall, just pick one thing and do it. Even if it's small steps to start off.

>>816305
I'm in my mid 30s and this was literally me for over a decade with undiagnosed, unmedicated, untreated ADHD. What finally made me settle was running out of options. I had a kid, got a job, and suddenly I no longer had a choice. A lot of my avenues for life were shut down to the point that they were no longer even worth fantasizing about. Now that is not the path you should necessarily follow. But I point this out because I wanted to do all those things and in fact I did all those things badly because I never forced myself to specialize. I was a jack of all trades and not particularly good at anything. The job and the family really narrowed down my prospects so I'm forced to focus on just a few things. I choose exercise and diet. I gave up on writing novels after writing about 3 unfinished novels, one of which clocked in at over 60,000 words. I shared it with my friends and they never finished reading it because they were too busy or they secretly did and thought it sucked. Either way it wasn't encouraging. Then AI slop showed up and I realized it's worthless to write anything because even if you spend countless hours in a chair developing bad back, poor eyesight, and tailbone cysts, just to finish your magnum opus, other people will be able to pump out stuff of equal or higher quality with way less effort, and then your stuff will get accused of being AI anyway because most people aren't able to tell the difference even though they're super confident that they can. Basically if someone doesn't like your writing, they'll call it AI slop even if it isn't, and if they like it, they'll assume it's real even if it's AI slop. I have given up on art and have chosen to focus on family, job, and health. Sounds conservative but I still have my Communist political views, not that I have much time to act on them.

>>816332

yeah don't do that, make design docs and shit.

>>816305
Other than drugs,. Structure and stability, a job will do that
Get a job

>>816329
Does anyone know good ways to self-medicate for procrastination? I don't think I have ADHD but some drugs would be cool

>>816355
Nicotine, ideally not cigarettes. But vaping or other forms don't have much downsides other than the cost and potential addiction. Nicotine is dopaminergic just like amphetamines so it's a true stimulant unlike coffee which only removes drowsiness which gives the illusion of stimulation.

>>816355
Idk about alternative medication, but what works for ADHD is removing the distractions, or removing yourself from distractions. I cant do anything productive at home, but can spend hours working at the library because there is nothing else to do.
So get a library card.

>>816358
Also you can train your focus, consider it like a muscle, anything that requires your active attention will do, so something as simple as video games can do so and the best thing is that it is transferable but not everything will be as pleasurable, but your stamina will persist regardless of the activity.

>>816358
I used to be very productive at the library, but recently I "discovered" I could scrabble on papers, with is something I do very frequently, words, ideas… And I now get distracted with that, it's not even drawing

>>816357
>not cigarettes
You're a square anon, though for productivity I recommend cigars. Stronger than cigarettes and stay lit longer.

>>816335
too long for OP to focus

>>816307
>>816310
>>816329
>just do meth
Fuck that shit, don't listen to these assholes op. That shit is terrible for you, huge chunks of my childhood on em and I always felt so amazing when I stopped taking the shit. There's tons of other methods that don't involve getting hooked on uppers. Look into your diet, protein in the morning for example is a necessity. Exercise can help calm your mind. And honestly, pick up multiple hobbies. At least cheap ones and maybe one costly one if you can afford it. I didn't figure out that music was my thing until I learned that I couldn't program, couldn't sculpt and preferred sound over drawing.
It's a pain in the ass journey, but adhd meds are just straight up bad for you.

>>816418
>pick up multiple hobbies
how? i procrastinate my hobbies too, i once procrastinated starting an anime i wanted to see for weeks

>>816423
Productive hobbies, not consumption ones

Do you have any interests beside imageboards and gooning? If you do, think to yourself
>gee I sure want to [insert thing] because buying it or making someone else do it is pointless
Blogpost, but bear with me. I want mechanical vape, but vapes on the market are not-like-i-want-them. So I am learning how to CAD to make a vape, learning how mill and lathe work (not because I am planning on using them, but to orient myself on what is possible), what threads, tolerances, etc.
Basicially, to engage with a hobby you have to do concrete things. If you dont get it, read "On practice" by Mao again. You can only understand theory from concrete practice. You dont say
>I will learn to draw
Say
>I sure do would like for tomoko to get skullfucked in very specific way how do I do that

Forgot to add but autistic hyperfocus is something that you might have, for example while watching animays. You just have to channel it into different venues. If combined with ADHD, then you get extra fast context switching which will be extra helpful once you start yak shaving the task.
On learning stages yak shaving is good actually, it only becomes a obstacle once you get good at something. But by then autistic hyperfocus makes you not yak shave as much.

>>816435
I also procrastonate stretching/exercise/learning about things/programming most of the days, and if i do it its the only thing i do all day/blender/etc…

>>816305
Just accept that you will never achieve anything at life and people will just make fun of you if you try and you can go back to looking at your phone without the intrusive thoughts.

>>816438
>only thing I do all day
That's not a problem, you don't need to do a big leap every day, you can be content of doing something in the first place (and I know it's hard, but you SHOULD be happy about it, else you're gonna kill your motivation again)

I only have 4 hours of mental energy a day lol

Its srsly intensity and rest

the only way to do this would be to clone myself and self deliberate. even if we had communism and were 100% food self sufficient i would never have time for all of this(and i want to do all of it)

>>816355
caffeine sort of works. just like adhd meds it can make u sleepy. altho unlike meds you can grow resistant to it and require higher and higher doses. adhd meds u can grow resistant to as well but not as fast as caffeine

>>816461
I'd make her ass do things if you catch my drift.

>>816533
Not listening to an Eagles fan on anything

>>816398
You have a little focus, just like you have a little strength before you start working out and you get more.

I don't have advice for the ADHD stuff but I do have advice for the 'multiple things you want to do' thing:

>short version:
99% of the stuff you want is just your brain trying to make you feel bad for not being productive. To find out what you actually want to do, find out what things you will need to do that thing, and if you think you are going to enjoy those things. ("It's about the journey, not the destination.")

>>816583
>long version:
99% of the things you 'want' to do are just things you think you want to do. The human brain is never gonna be content so it's gonna spam you 24/7 with things you could be doing. Most of the stuff you 'want' to do, is actually just stuff your brain wants you to do because a week ago it saw someone doing something cool and was like, 'woaw, we should be doing that too!!!"

>how am i supposed to know what I actually want to do
Judge activities based on the journey required, not the destination.

For example:
>I should make 3D models…
In this case a 3D model would the destination, and the 34 hours spent 3D modelling would be the journey. Is it worth it? Only if you enjoy 3D modelling. Apply this to any and all desires you get. Eventually you'll discover something you enjoy doing.

>>816329
I have never seen worse advice on this site. Untreated ADHD is better option than abusing street drugs.