Oh, hah. Funny you should post this right now of all times.
Yes, I get this, a lot. This is the first time I’ve seen it explained this way and given a name. When I start something I can stick with it for a while, even to the point where I don’t eat or sleep or take breaks. I have a very hard time forcing myself to go to bed, or climb out of bed in the morning, even when I want to. Like, this is legitimately something I struggle with.
The reason I say this was funny is because I was just done posting something elsewhere. For context, I’m struggling with a bit of anxiety and depression at the moment, and one of my unhealthy behaviors is to dwell on things in my head. I was lamenting about how it seems that everyone apart from me seems to have this weird ability to just “not think” about things or do something else to distract them.
I wonder if the thing I feel I’m “lacking” is caused by this autistic inertia thing. I know the imagery is problematic, but it kind of feels like this is the missing piece of the puzzle as to why I’m having such a hard time and people’s advice isn’t working. At the very least, it’s almost certainly why I’m having trouble doing the other things people say help depression, like going to bed on time, eating well, exercising, etc.
Or maybe I’m just overanalyzing things, and all of this is just normal depression symptoms. Blegh.
Oh, hah. Funny you should post this right now of all times.
Yes, I get this, a lot. This is the first time I’ve seen it explained this way and given a name. When I start something I can stick with it for a while, even to the point where I don’t eat or sleep or take breaks. I have a very hard time forcing myself to go to bed, or climb out of bed in the morning, even when I want to. Like, this is legitimately something I struggle with.
The reason I say this was funny is because I was just done posting something elsewhere. For context, I’m struggling with a bit of anxiety and depression at the moment, and one of my unhealthy behaviors is to dwell on things in my head. I was lamenting about how it seems that everyone apart from me seems to have this weird ability to just “not think” about things or do something else to distract them.
I wonder if the thing I feel I’m “lacking” is caused by this autistic inertia thing. I know the imagery is problematic, but it kind of feels like this is the missing piece of the puzzle as to why I’m having such a hard time and people’s advice isn’t working. At the very least, it’s almost certainly why I’m having trouble doing the other things people say help depression, like going to bed on time, eating well, exercising, etc.
Or maybe I’m just overanalyzing things, and all of this is just normal depression symptoms. Blegh.