Why is this ADHD ?
edit: I mean, really "why"
What's the connection ?
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
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ADHD often (not always, there's a few types) comes with an inability or reduces ability to direct ones focus. It is believed that the mechanism behind this is one of early or overzealous dopamine reuptake.
Mammalian brains have a reward system based on the release and reuptake of dopamine. Perform survival task, get some dopamine. People with ADHD, due to their overzealous reuptake, do not build up significant enough amounts of dopamine for this reward system to function as normal. As a result of this, when someone with ADHD is cleaning (a task that would normally supply enough dopamine to hold attention) and sees the box of nostalgia, enough dopamine is released by interacting with the nostalgia box (because nostalgia) to override the attention on the task and shift it to the fun engaging box of stuff.
Isn't it like this for everyone ? I have ADHD and do that, however a very large majority of the people I know get distracted the same way too, if they find an object that invoques nostalgia.
I think the difference is that it's harder (impossible-feeling) for people with ADHD to abandon the nostalgia box distraction and get back to the chore they were doing. Or, once a person with ADHD finishes going through the nostalgia box and starts coming down off that dopamine hit, it can be hard (impossible-feeling) to do anything afterwards, let alone the boring chore, leaving the person stuck in a "frozen" state.
Obviously there are different levels of severity to ADHD, and my understanding of it is colored/biased by my personal experience, I'm not a doctor, etc., but this is the difference I've noticed at least.
Oh, I see
That's just a rookie mistake when cleaning...if you discover a forgotten box of unknown contents that haven't been touched for years, just throw it out without opening because you obviously didn't need it.
reading that hurt me on an emotional level, heck no, never, how could you?
It's OK, you will eventually get wiser and see the light.
casually throws out birth certificate
Casually throws out deed and all mortgage related documents.
Aren't those digitally handled in developed countries these days?
Well, sure also digital copy, but if say there is an issue you not having your own copy then what do you do?
Also this: https://www.property-forum.eu/news/cadastre-in-slovakia-has-malfunctioned-after-cyber-attack/19409
In Slovakia it was fucked for a month or two.
Hou dont need a physical copy, and in the event of systems being down you'll just wait until they're back up again, because in that case everyone is hit anyway.
Edit: and there's always locally stored digital copies if you're a belt and suspenders kind of person.
So? If you ever need it contact the parish of your birth place (or whatever institution manages it where you live) and get a copy.
Tbh I'm not sure if emotional attachment to objects is a symptom of ADHD or something completely different. I think it's more of a schizophrenia thing.
i think emotional attachment to objects is a human thing overall. but as adhd folks have object permanence issues, we do get re-attached to those objects that we forgot about pretty fast