i dunno if this is adhd or just a personality quirk
but im 500 times more likely to see something through if someone BESIDES myself benefits from it then if just i do
It’s an ADHD thing. ADHDers suck at internal motivation (self motivating) cause of our executive dysfunction. However, external motivation works fine. So when we are doing something for/ with someone else, it is significantly easier for us than if it was for ourselves.
It’s actually why I started making videos/ posting about ADHD. I can’t care about myself at all but to help others, I can push myself to survive and thrive. And read boring stuff 😛
this is wonderfully validifying?? info
I guess ive always been aware that like reward vs no reward is an easy stimuli for adhd people “ do a thing get a response/thing” so it completely makes sense that a reward/rewarding response from an outside presence would be far more effective then heyy i did a thing go me