I was just about to make a comment about anxiety. It's something I developed as an adult, which coincides with a better ability to snap out of hyperfocus. I don't know how I feel about it. On the one hand, I hate when it tries to trick me into believing something that isn't true. On the other hand, if I didn't regularly get "pings" of anxiety that make me take stock of my surroundings every so often, I'd be a lot worse at executive functioning. Pings of anxiety remind me that I have something in the oven. Pings of anxiety remind me when I'm driving that I need to pick something up at the store. Pings of anxiety remind me to water my plants.
Sometimes I want to get my anxiety treated, but I'm worried that if I do, I'd spend the whole day in la la land and never get anything done.
... or is that just my anxiety trying to trick me again?
And also rejection sensitivity, plus the common “ride alongs” like anxiety and depression.
I was just about to make a comment about anxiety. It's something I developed as an adult, which coincides with a better ability to snap out of hyperfocus. I don't know how I feel about it. On the one hand, I hate when it tries to trick me into believing something that isn't true. On the other hand, if I didn't regularly get "pings" of anxiety that make me take stock of my surroundings every so often, I'd be a lot worse at executive functioning. Pings of anxiety remind me that I have something in the oven. Pings of anxiety remind me when I'm driving that I need to pick something up at the store. Pings of anxiety remind me to water my plants.
Sometimes I want to get my anxiety treated, but I'm worried that if I do, I'd spend the whole day in la la land and never get anything done.
... or is that just my anxiety trying to trick me again?