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How to deal with losing a special interest that others don`t want you to let go?

kenaij said:
Welcome back,



It does indeed manage my ability to do things. But not completely to the point that I cannot let it go when I know something important really needs to be done. So for example. At work. I`m a janitor at a highschool, and also do the reproductive work. So copying and printing of various tests and books etc. If I start the copying I could walk away and do other stuff because I can close the room with the printer in it. But my PC is also in the same room. I will often just sit there ‘in case the printer has an error.” To use that time to look things up. I will drop anything that is not really really important or obviously noticeable to other people if a thought comes into my head about the subject. And I Need to look it up. If I`m doing something I cannot walk away from my attention will at most be halved, and the other half will be on the subject.



The length of the energy bursts varies. But they are often quite short. But I do have elevated energy when engaging with the subject. I would say the crashing of energy is when the subject is done is far higher than the increase I get from it.

I can go with quite little sleep for a decently long time. If I were to get 6 hours tops a night I can go on for weeks. But it does often happen that I wake up in the middle of the night. My brain starts, often on the subject of that period and I can forget about going back to sleep. I`ll try, but give up after 30 minutes and engage in the interest.

I more often than not leads to a spiral. Because if I have answered question A you can be sure question B has already popped up. And I will only get out if I know there are some very important things that need to be done.

For example. The washing machine was finished while I was vacuuming the house. I already pulled the wash out so I can hang it. I finished vacuuming and planned to go hang the wash. But something popped into my head to adjust in my spreadsheet. When that was done I had an internet tab open for information which led to me getting to this forum because I saw you had a reply. The washing machine was done about an hour ago. So I guess I`m going to hang it now



Hope it helps.
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it definitely does help thank you! It's really interesting to compare to my own experiences.

and also sorry if your washing didn't get dry on my account ;)
 
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