Day 30 Of R/Harfest: Trick Or Treating

day 30 of r/Harfest: trick or treating

messy but i did it anyways

Why do you like that so much? Why do you know so much about this specific topic? Oh that’s cool but, why are you telling me all this?

with adhd and autism we have the tendency to hyper fixate on certain topics, activities, shows and sometimes book or puzzles!! There’s so many things we can hyper fixate on but what does hyper fixation mean? Why do we get this fixations?

What does hyper fixation mean?

Hyper fixations is when we put our full attention on an interest or activity for hours maybe even days at a time. Those who have hyper fixations will get so engrossed in something that we tend to block out the whole world around us and focus on this one thing. We spend hours not realizing how much time has past (Time blindness also contributes to this). Hyper fixations can differ per person but for the most part we focus on things that we enjoy!

Why do we get these fixations?

We get fixations due to low levels of dopamine, with adhd and autism we have lower levels of dopamine (which also causes depression in some people) this means it’s easier for us to get bored and unhappy, the hyper fixation is our brains way of shifting gears and finding a way to help our bodies produce more dopamine!!

While hyper fixations aren’t bad as they help us, it can often cause us to forget other tasks we’re meant to do. We tend to focus so much that we don’t remember other tasks were meant to do. One way to explain (this is from how to adhd) say you’re working at an office and you have a body guard who lets certain people (tasks) in. With adhd and autism our body guard doesn’t go such a great job..., they’re letting everyone and everything in some days! (Mostly effects adhders) But other days they’re only allowing one task in, even if the other tasks are important (effects both). We tend to forgot to eat when hyper fixating or use the bathroom or every drink water!! Sometimes it’s great to have someone around to remind us to take a break and get other tasks done. But for most of us we don’t have someone else to remind us to take breaks, which is why timers are very helpful!! Setting a timer can help us to remember how much time we’ve spent on a certain thing and can help remind us to take breaks when needed to!!

Another thing!! Sometimes with these hyper fixations we can info dump on people who ask or bring up anything about it! Which is completely valid as we just want to share our information!! But one things is, no one should ever make you feel bad or make you feel ashamed because of these fixations. We love to share our knowledge with others and unfortunately some people just don’t like to be educated about the things we choose to fixate on. People like that don’t deserve to listen to your fixations!! As your fixations are important to you and bring you so much joy! Never feel bad because someone says it’s weird to know so much about something! I’m %100 always willing to listen to people rant about hyper fixations if anyone wants to/needs to share them!! My dms are open to anyone!!

I hope this post can help you guys to understand hyper fixations more!! I also would like to remind you to please take breaks and remember to drink water and eat some food!! Gotta feed and take care of our brain to help it produce more dopamine!! And so we can create more creative ideas!!

As a note I’d also like to apologize for being so inactive on this account! When I started this account my hyper fixation was to learn and advocate for those with disabilities and unfortunately my hyper fixations tend to change quite a lot! I hope to post more about different disabilities soon! I promise it won’t just be adhd and autism forever!! I want to advocate for everyone but so far I know A LOT about adhd and autism :) if you have experience or know a lot about a certain disability you’d like to hear talked about please message me!! As I learn better from those who have had personal experiences and would like to be the voice for those who simply aren’t loud about certain things or don’t feel comfortable to advocate so publicly like I do!

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