Post #1724518
2023-09-14 11:55 UTC
I’ve given this some thought, because I do seem to get satisfaction out of completing tasks, but no motivation to start them in order to get the finishing satisfaction. Or giving up half way through a task when I’ve lost interest. On the other hand, avoidance leads to adrenaline, and that gets me moving. I think that’s where the neuro compensation lies. Not the lack of satisfaction that the task is complete (although mostly I just feel relief not satisfaction), it’s the adrenaline replacing the dopamine.
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@peopleproblems@lemmy.world 2023-09-14 13:40
Yep. Procrastination *and then completing whatever the task was* gives me the craziest "high." I'm not an adrenaline junkie, I will not parachute, or bungee, hanggliding is out, hell I have a rough time on boats and planes. But Procrastination is the best *when it works out*.
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@Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2025-07-04 20:54
I find that if it’s a task I am comfortable and familiar with, if off the meds it might be very difficult for me; on the meds is pretty much no problem, and I get the dopamine rush both of addressing a problem that needs to be solved, and from finishing. Tasks I am unfamiliar with, or have not done for a very long time, or I’ve never done before? Virtually impossible to begin, meds or no.