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Re:The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something by vikiomega9 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:59PM (#27212887)
I have the same problem. Once I get some sense of understanding the overall skill or problem I lose interest? Novice skill is definitely a worse thing to have and getting better takes a lot of consistent work and time.

How do I fix this? It seems like a motivation problem, possibly some sort of craving for novelty perhaps (I don't want to say ADHD but sounds like it)?

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Re:The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something by brailsafe on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @06:01PM (#27215098)
ADHD for me. It became such a problem that I saught help from the nurse practitioner at my Uni and got a diagnosis (at 27)
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Re:The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something by vikiomega9 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @06:25PM (#27215317)
What techniques do you use now to cope? I'm going to go get a diagnosis as well, I think I have enough anecdotal evidence to talk to a medical professional.
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Re:The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something by brailsafe on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:25AM (#27219119)
It has a lot of comorbities with other things, but it's worthwhile to see someone. I haven't yet found a way to reconcile my need for a job (particularly one in programming) with my symptoms. That said, concerta seems to help a bit under certain conditions. I also afixed my house key to my pants. I have learned to enjoy the bits that make me outgoing and end up letting me meet tons of people
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