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MemPrices<p>Finished! <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/ItsTooLateInTheNightButICannotSleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ItsTooLateInTheNightButICannotSleep</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/Hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/CanIGoToBedNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanIGoToBedNow</span></a> :fluttercry: </p><p><a href="https://equestria.social/tags/Fluttershy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fluttershy</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/MyLittlePonyG4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MyLittlePonyG4</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/MyLittlePony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MyLittlePony</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/Fanart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fanart</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/Smiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smiling</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/Cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cute</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a></p>
🐧🏳️‍🌈🐧<p>i bought the pro version of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deutscherwetterdienst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deutscherwetterdienst</span></a> last night and i love it! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wetter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></p>
🐧🏳️‍🌈🐧<p>cuddles with comfiest good boy. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goodboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodboy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irishsetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irishsetter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webkinz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webkinz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comfortitem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comfortitem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plushies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plushies</span></a></p>
🐧🏳️‍🌈🐧<p>awake in the night, feeling sick 🤢 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insomnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insomnia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irishsetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irishsetter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webkinz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webkinz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comfortitem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comfortitem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plushies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plushies</span></a></p>
Coffeedate with ADHD<p>Oh crab 🦀</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhdmeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adhdmeme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adhs</span></a></p>
Coffeedate with ADHD<p>The "dropping" part usually happens after I've spent a lot of money on something.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adhs</span></a></p>
Dave the Nomad 🇨🇦 :autism:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> </p><p>I had a emotional moment this week when I acknowledged some internalized ableism I didn't realize I still held.</p><p>I was talking to a friend post-fixation and I told them I was working on restoring my self care routines, including journaling and taking care of some important chores "I wasn't able to do" while I was fixating.</p><p>I believe it's important to acknowledge that when my brain is in full-on obsessive hyperfixation mode, I'm literally _not able_ to do things I don't want to do.</p><p>Despite acknowledging that, I'm still finding the ableism whispering in my ear: sure, you can sit at your desk for 12 hours working on things that interest you, but you can't make a simple phone call?</p><p>Just make the phone call then get back to your fixation. How hard can it be?</p><p>---</p><p>To be honest, I found it incredibly difficult even to feed myself. I was living on toast and peanut butter, bowls of granola, and prepackaged dinners for over a week.</p><p>The only things that got me away from my desk were the bathroom, sparsely eating, and my obligation to my dogs. And, occassionally but not always, sleep.</p><p><a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hyperfixation</span></a></p>
Coffeedate with ADHD<p>And then it's only 9 a.m.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adhs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a></p>
Berthe (she/her)Someone on here mentioned an app to track your ceramics work and although the mentioned app is not available in my region, I found ClayLab and I’m over the Moon! I’ve spent most of yesterday filling it wil everything I’ve made so far (I started weekly lessons in May 2024) including which clay was used, which glazes, when I made it, when I glazed it, when it was done, where it went (at home, gifted, sold, broken) etc etc. I love it when a <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hyperfixation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hyperfixation</a> is so very useful 🙌🏻 <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/adhd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adhd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/autism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/audhd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#audhd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ceramics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ceramics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pottery?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pottery</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ClayLab?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClayLab</a> Image description in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/AltText?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AltText</a>
Dave the Nomad 🇨🇦 :autism:<p>Spent the day off roading and exploring some beautiful places in BC. It gave me some time away from home to think and reflect.</p><p>I'd like to write a book about hyperfixation. There isn't enough material out there about it, and it is absolutely my most predominant Autistic trait. </p><p>I can remember fixation cycles going back to at least my teenage years, but it took until my late 30s before I even had a word to describe the behaviour, let alone associate it with ADHD and Autism.</p><p><a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a></p>
Dave the Nomad 🇨🇦 :autism:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> <br>I've been in deep work hyperfixation lately. I've come to realize that this is probably seasonal for me. </p><p>Ever since I put a label to the behaviour, I've realized that it happens every Feb-April.</p><p>Despite my best efforts of self care, I'm here again.</p><p>I'm struggling so hard to take care of myself right now. It feels like an addiction that's seasonal.</p><p>Maybe it is some form of addiction. For years, I wrote in my journal "ugh it's like I have ADHD or something" but never actually took that seriously, then wound up being diagnosed with inattentive type ADHD.</p><p>Similarly, I keep saying "this is like an addiction". Maybe it's time to start treating it like one.</p><p><a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHD</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hyperfixation</span></a></p>
Amalia Zeichnerin<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Question</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> folks.<br>I only found out only last year what a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> is, though having these for years myself. In my case, these are often in combination with celebrity crushes.</p><p>What I would like to know, do you know any recommendable texts online about hyperfixations? I'd appreciate links to those.</p><p>And how do you deal with your hyperfixations? Go with the flow? Suppress them? Dive right into them? Something else?</p>
Amalia Zeichnerin<p>Today, I had a discussion about the usage of the word "passionate" ... and let me tell you, I am very passionate atm about writing a fanfiction. The fandom is extremely small, the original film is four years old and I guess no one will read that fanfiction when I put it on AO3, but here's my hyperfixation having the time of its life, so what can I do? 😅 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fanfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fanfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
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Vegard<p>This is a meme now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ADHDguy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADHDguy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a></p>
He Who Ponders The Skull<p>Alas, I got about 496 words written; setting the stage for a bombastic scene featuring Nejitemi doing what that hiser is known for: Being dramatic and dishing the tea!</p><p>The hyperfixation with the superb aesthetics of the Black Butler openings and a titular scene that has disrupted my creative streak. It's a good for creating future stories; however, I'd prefer to be writing my own art, thanks silly brain.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a></p>
Court Cantrell prefers not to<p>STATUS: in an entire SEASON of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WRITING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WRITING</span></a></p><p>GOOD! I'm accomplishing oh so very much <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordsmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordsmith</span></a>-ing! Yay! </p><p>NOT GOOD! I'm completing ~5% of tasks &amp; other projects that *need* *my* attention!</p><p>Also, spouse &amp; offspring are making noises about missing me?😬</p><p>Also, I live in the hope that during my literal 6-8 hours of daily butt-in-chair writing, something external will remind me to drink water &amp; eat. 🫤</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DopamineAttentionVariabiltyExecutiveDysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DopamineAttentionVariabiltyExecutiveDysfunction</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DAVE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DAVE</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HyperkineticDisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HyperkineticDisorder</span></a></p>
EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@noodlemaz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noodlemaz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br>I agree that there's a difference between having a hobby and seeing that hobby as part of your identity. I tend to get caught up in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a> so I generally identify myself according to my hobbies/interests, which are many!</p>
Dave the Nomad 🇨🇦 :autism:<p>Hello friends! 👋 </p><p>I haven't been around in -- *checks timeline* -- almost 2 months.</p><p>I've been experiencing my first hyperfixation phase after discovering I'm Autistic. It has been a rollercoaster... usually I just let myself go. It's fun and exciting, so why wouldn't I?</p><p>But after everything I've learned about being Autistic, about burnout, about my own needs... this time around, I've been struggling to find ways to manage and throttle my obsessive fixated brain to avoid completely burning myself out. I've had mixed results.</p><p>After being stationary in Vegas all winter, we left last week to head back to Ontario. We really needed a stationary winter. I needed it to recover from burnout and start feeling better again. But I was definitely starting to feel restless and settled in the last couple of weeks, itching to get back on the road again. I take that as a sign that the nomad life is still the right lifestyle for me.</p><p>I'm hoping to ease back into being more active here again. Being social is one of the first things to go when I'm fixating on something.</p><p>❤️ </p><p><a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hyperfixation</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/DigitalNomad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalNomad</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/RVLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RVLife</span></a></p>
Queen of Insomnia<p>It’s weird when my <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a> symptoms mirror ADHD symptoms. Like, I will eat the same food for weeks on end. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hyperfixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperfixation</span></a>? Nope, too tired to decide on something else and risk having to be emotional about how I respond to it.</p>