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[-] bam13302@ttrpg.network 79 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Found this applies nicely to my career. Routineish work? Drag my feet and fight myself to do anything. Fixing problems (bigger the better)? Everybody stand back, I got it.

Whole damn system failed due to a database failure that propagated to our secondary host too. Hacked our backup to usable in a day (meeting most requirements, including transition requirements) with a path forward for total system recovery on the main system.

Documentation on any of that though, that was a .. struggle.

[-] Undaunted@feddit.org 18 points 1 month ago

That resonates so well with me. Attending all the meetings, discussing feature requests and evaluating their feasibility is so exhausting. But working overtime for a few days to find and fix the bug that completly halted production? No problem!

[-] Broadfern@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

ADHD brain is built for sprints, not marathons

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 9 points 4 weeks ago

The problem is that management picked up on that and now everything is a "sprint." A never-ending marathon of sprints.

[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Same here. Daily business I have to push me to get through the work. Major outage and everyone runs around like headless chicken? I'm the one keeping it cool and organising that everything comes back.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 38 points 4 weeks ago

Unfortunately, ADHD being a spectrum, not all of us get blessed with the crisis focus superpower.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago

I’m only worth anything in a crisis.

It’s why my last relationship worked for so long. Girl was a living crisis.

[-] mranachi@aussie.zone 9 points 4 weeks ago

Ohhhhhh, that explains a number of past relationships for me.

Lmao same here buddy.

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[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

I’ve got it. I turn into a damn super hero.

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If the crisis is imminent, visual, and physical yes. If the crisis is more abstract with letters and bureaucracy, it’s not the same.

[-] SilentKnightOwl@slrpnk.net 26 points 1 month ago

This right here. If I can do something right now with my body to fix the problem, I'm locked in. If I have to call a bunch of people that I don't like and work patiently on things, not so much.

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 month ago

Me!!

When my boyfriend and i were short in time to get them a residents permit, without them having a job, i read law and planned finance so quickly and good that even the bureaucracy worker didnt know the forms i brought with me.

It all worked out great

[-] walktheplank@lemmy.world 22 points 4 weeks ago

Former paramedic here. Chaos is so calming.

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 9 points 4 weeks ago

Everything is important and very interesting? There's clear priorities, maybe even a checklist? Sign me up.

[-] walktheplank@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I'm welcome to ignore everything else around me and to focus on one thing for as long as I need and that thing seems unsolvable to most people. Yes please.

Oh and driving a lot...

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[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago

I moments of crisis, I will just start crying, but I can do that very fast.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

It may not be marketable, but it is a skill. 🤝

[-] thurstylark@lemm.ee 16 points 4 weeks ago

Me in normal circumstances: "Don't perceive me, I am not here, attention is pain, under the radar is my happy place"

Me running tech for live events: "Something is fucky on stage mid-song, and I am here to fix it. Fuck your attention, I am unborking a thing here."

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Ah interesting, this explains why I have always been really good at giving presentations. People always compliment me after the fact and ask how I stay so calm. The truth is that I'm extremely anxious during the whole thing and I just won't stop talking when that happens

[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 14 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Reminds me of a time, maybe 15 years ago, a young teen fainted in the middle of the queue in the supermarket. Everyone was stunned by the bystander effect, and as soon as I checked on him, everyone else sprang into action. It's odd seeing it in action. Anyway, I could slink out real quick after that.

[-] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Me, when our cellar flooded because of heavy rainfall last fall: *overwhelmed* *panicattacc*

Me, when my wife proposes to go on a short vacation in two weeks: *overwhelmed* *panicattacc*

Their crisis managment skills have nothing to do with their ADHD. It my be inspite of it and good on them. I am not the least bit envious grumble grumble

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

"My life has been an ongoing series of crises. Move over, you weak-ass bitch, I've got the coping mechanisms for this."

[-] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 10 points 4 weeks ago

... unless I'm the cause of the crisis, then I'm a mess

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

This sounds uncannily like my EMR experiences.

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