alt Hacker News>Avoid thinking of the pain of the task at hand
>Imagine and focus on the reward of these tasks.
IME if you have ADHD those two things are basically the same. Sure, don't think of the pain, but you could ended up stuck in daydreaming about the perfect future where you're healthier, stronger, happier, etc. You can trigger executive dysfunction (mental freeze) either way.
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reddit_clone • yesterday at 10:48 PM
Mal-adaptive day dreaming!
When I read 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' well into my adulthood, I cried.
> Sure, don't think of the pain, but you could ended up stuck in daydreaming about the perfect future where you're healthier, stronger, happier, etc. You can trigger executive dysfunction (mental freeze) either way.
This seems extremely relatable.
Except instead of "I'm healthier, stronger, happier etc." it's more like "I've accomplished all the things I've thought of accomplishing" (each of which seems well within my grasp, if I could choose).