@silhouettic haha I feel you :D What kind of music usually works for you? :)
@Wifwoof my playlist is all over the fucken place tbh. It has some Rammstein, some My Little Pony remixes, some Aussie hip-hop, a few tracks from musicals...
https://music.apple.com/au/playlist/driving/pl.u-AkAmPNbFDYx5mR?ls
Or if I'm feeling more aggressive, this heavy playlist made by an artist I follow:
@Wifwoof deep breathing excersizes or yoga for a few minutes, then carefully curated music
@Yarnchick Oh, that's a good one! I personally don't do yoga, but breathing excercises/meditation are incredible, indeed! What kind of music helps you usually?
@Wifwoof old school rock, sometimes picking an artist and just shuffling everything I’ve got from them, stuff that reminds me of good times as a kid
@Wifwoof I have a white noise app that has a continuous brown noise sound that tends to help settle my brain.
I also try to change my environment in some way if I can (so if its work I can do on my laptop I'll go to a coffee shop and sit in the back - get dopamine from coffee and new environment).
I'll put in my headphones and turn on the brown noise and then just keep pushing myself back to the task every time I notice I'm getting distracted.
@kaequinn That's actually a pretty cool way to calm the thoughts! Although I think for me the coffee shop would provide even more distractions :D What's the app that you're using?
@Wifwoof here’s a pic of it from the App Store! It’s got a bunch of different sounds you can swipe through (including the ability to make your own). The only one I use is the brown noise (and I recorded my cat purring 🥰)
I definitely hear ya with the coffee shop. It depends on how busy it is and how it’s set up. Sometimes it just means I’m moving from the office to the bedroom for a change of scenery. It’s the change that seems to help more than where I am.
@Wifwoof I’ve also found utilizing my #hyperfocus in kinda a modified pomodoro timer can help. I let myself do it to a certain point (play a video game till I die, finish one embroidery thread) then I have to work on my project until I hit a certain mark then I can go back to my hyper focus until I hit that benchmark again. Rinse and repeat.
It helps give dopamine motivation since you know your reward is your hyper fixation. I wouldn’t be able to do chores without it 😅 #adhdhack
@Wifwoof I've conditioned myself to associate turning on a playlist or a fave YouTube let's play with creating/working. I'm autistic as well, so switching tasks can be difficult. Turning one of those two things on helps me immersive & remain invested.
@Wifwoof I put on some music and pray to the ADHD gods 😬