Re:Ask HN: Can someone talk me out of learning new languages
by sushshshsh on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:56AM
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Nice diagnosis! If I talk about food, I might have binge eating disorder and should seek a nutritionist
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Re:Ask HN: Can someone talk me out of learning new languages
by garmaine on Monday November 16, 2020 @06:27AM
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I know it can come off as harsh and off-topic, but I say this when I see the signs because I wish someone had done the same for me. I spent the first 35 years of my life bouncing around from topic to topic, taking on far too much, achieving far too little, and generally turning my life into a hot mess. No one ever told me I could have ADHD, nor would I have known the signs to recognize it (since the reality of executive disfunction disorder is not the popular image of ADHD).
OP is asking if he should try learning 3 new languages over the next year. If he has the problems with focus that his post and submission history indicates, then he has a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding without medication. But properly medicated he probably could.
So OP: if you want to learn 3 new languages in 2021, consider seeking psychiatric help. Not a dig, just advice from a fellow ADHDer.
Re:Ask HN: Can someone talk me out of learning new languages
by grep_name on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @09:55AM
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This is the first I've heard of executive disfunction disorder, but your post really describes the struggle of a lot of my life experience. Do you have any advice for coping with it? I used to be medicated for ADHD but went off the medication in my 20's because of the anxiety it induced