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Why would one crave pleasure, food and entertainment when they should be productive and how does one go about stopping it? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I should be studying right now, but everytime I sit to study, I can't sit there long enough, I want food even though I am not hungry, I want to watch TV/youtube, self-pleasure... etc...

No matter what productive work I want to do, I will try to not do that and do something which gives me momentary pleasure. I want to masturbate, eat lots of food even though I am not hungry while watching TV/Youtube and I don't seem to be able to break the cycle and it's destroying me. How can I break the cycle and do something good for a change instead of pleasuring myself in the moment meaninglessly?

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[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy User: Asks for advice

Lemmy: ADHD

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's worth noting that, now that people have had a few hours to vote, none of the most upvoted replies mention ADHD.

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And that's honestly not a positive. People out there don't get diagnosed until their 30s because they never seriously considered it. Not saying OP has ADHD, but dismissing it outright without more exploration is potentially harmful.

[–] Jknaraa@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

potentially harmful

Oh for fuck sake. No, failing to give a voice to the hypochondriacs who bleat about every medical condition under the sun in any random social media thread isn't "potentially harmful" by any stretch of the imagination. Frankly, constantly obsessing over such things is itself causing harm.

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

The irony is that constant obsessions/hyperfocus is a symptom of ADHD.