Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Hyperfixations: The Joy and Struggle of ADHD #neurodivergentlife #adhdhyperfixations #ndoutloud

23 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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Danielle Ralston talks about ADHD hyperfixations, those intense obsessions that pull your dopamine. She describes getting stuck browsing wedding dresses for hours, the joy and struggle of interests that take over your brain.

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But that's how you lose a whole entire hour. Yeah. Yeah. So what are your current hyperfixations? We all have them. I asked this last week and I think this is gonna be a favorite question every single— all the time now. What's your current hyperfixation? Staring at wedding dresses on the internet. Ooh, that's a good hyperfixation though. It's nowhere near time to even start shopping for a wedding dress. But your brain is already there. What? But your brain is already there. Yeah, my brain is there. I have like a giant like Pinterest collection and I'm like, this is so far away. I love it though, but I'm having fun. You're having fun. It brings you joy. It's very easy to get sucked down into the dopamine, right?