Show HN: ADHD-friendly pomodoro web app

Re:Show HN: ADHD-friendly pomodoro web app by courseofaction on Thursday April 06, 2023 @04:55PM (#35474290)

A cognitive psych professor of mine couldn't work without music playing to 'occupy a certain part of his brain', almost always prog rock. Didn't seem to be holding him back - sometimes a mask is a workable solution. :)

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Re:Show HN: ADHD-friendly pomodoro web app by bee_rider on Thursday April 06, 2023 @06:14PM (#35475263)

John Von Neumann famously preferred chaotic background noise while working. I think most of us would be happy to trade brains with him.

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Re:Show HN: ADHD-friendly pomodoro web app by xanathar on Thursday April 06, 2023 @06:15PM (#35475273)

I am the same.

Some things (code, writing docs) I can only do them with music in the background, usually music that is either downtempo, instrumental or both (for the most part Pink Floyd, Sting, Mogwai, Morcheeba or several jazz/fusion artists).

Without music it 10x harder for me to get those activities going.

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Re:Show HN: ADHD-friendly pomodoro web app by comprev on Friday April 07, 2023 @07:03AM (#35480337)

Since being diagnosed and medicated it’s the total opposite for me.

Before I needed some background music - electronic or hip-hop in any language but English (to avoid my brain focusing on the lyrics).

Now with meds I sit in silence all day.

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Re:Show HN: ADHD-friendly pomodoro web app by rpozarickij on Friday April 07, 2023 @06:13AM (#35480037)

Nowadays it's as if silence creates some type of mental pressure inside me.

I found this to work really well in many different situations: https://youtu.be/P48QELwruQs

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