This seems like it’s not a joke, so I’ll choose to take it seriously.
Throw your fucking phone in the toilet if you spend 3 hours with it trying to “convince yourself” to do something.
I think that’s a misunderstanding of how ADHD, and in fact mental illness in general, works. Perhaps for some people removing the distraction will work, but more often in my experience another will just fit in its place. The phone is not the problem, it is a symptom.
Phones are a very powerful attention trap. I’d be curious to hear an argument of a more powerful and accessable one
The phone isn’t what causes this issue in people with adhd, I do it with or without a phone. You’re just misunderstanding how adhd works.
“Just be productive”-level take here. For clarification, because I see you telling others that you “are intelligent”: that is a really dumb take to have.
yup, getting some real "have you tried not being sick?‘’ energy there. people assume just because they can do something and it’s logical for them, it works the same way for everyone,
well except for the ‘lazy’ part, that doesn’t work the same way (according to them)
shit, even trying to explain it doesn’t make sense
Not in the moment, but overall, if someone is spending 3hrs in the day on their phone (and not enjoying it) they should absolutely install use reduction tools, or have a family member hold on to the device during the workday/non chill-out time.
Illness is real but harm reduction is possible. Cellphones are known attention traps due to the neverending click-scroll dopamine loop
Yep. One of the meds I tried for depression killed my ability to feel 99% of emotions. I would literally stay in bed until I HAD to use the bathroom, and then go right back to laying down, doing absolutely nothing the whole day. I was told by a ridiculous number of people that I just had to push myself for the meds to help. Like I was eating one meal a day because I had to in order to take my meds. Living on 600 calories a day sucks, but I just didn’t care. You can’t make yourself care when have no energy.
ADHD is a mental health condition. A disability. Would you tell a paraplegic in a wheelchair to just be healthy and stand? Have you heard the term “invisible disability?” Many mental health issues are invisible. You know the dude muttering to himself on the street needs help, if not some grace about their abilities. But the dude with ADHD trying to do a simple task but his brain is wired differently making it as hard as a paraplegic getting up and standing… you don’t know to give him grace. How would you? That’s why these posts are important. Maybe people can understand what it’s like. Especially this post. It’s literally describing the difference in perception between individuals.
Does that make sense?
The mind is way more malleable than the body, so I think the analogy isn’t perfect. But let’s run with it. Let’s take someone who has had a serious injury, but is not completely paralyzed and can be healed through rehabilitation. Telling them to not just sit in the wheelchair would be analogous to telling an ADHD person to stop lying in the couch with the phone for 3 consecutive hours.
Do you understand it now?
narrator He did not.
Do you want to learn or win? Bc I don’t need to debate you. You’re objectively wrong per science and facts. Your opinions don’t mean anything.
Unfortunately, it’s not the phone that’s the issue. Blocking apps or putting my phone in focus mode only works temporarily, and I’ll quickly find some other new way to procrastinate. Take away my phone, TV, books, and everything else, and I’ll just suddenly need to do some pointless chores instead.
Oh you misunderstand, the same thing happens without a phone. It just turns into laying on the couch not looking at a phone for 3 hours
You “take it seriously” by telling people who are struggling to destroy an expensive item? Do you want people to throw themselves in the toilet if they are doing nothing and can’t manage to move?
Dude, they have ADHD, not low intelligence. They can understand that the metaphor can include less drastic actions like “give it to someone else” or “sell it”.
Huh?? Where did you get that I said ADHD means low intelligence? Oh right, nowhere cause I didn’t say it. And how is saying someone should throw their phone in the toilet a metaphor?
