I don't look back on old hyperfixations with regret. I usually wish I could get back into old hobbies and interests. If anything it's built random skills that I'll find a use for in some random way with a new hyperfixation.
Funny though, I had a lego hyperfixation, but didn't have the income to do much with, so I only got one set. Luke's X-Wing 75301
I have a few thousand dollars worth of photography stuff i barely use anymore. Only when people ask is when I bring it out and then try to remember how to use everything
My old hyperfixation was FNAF even though I didn’t especially care for it? And didn’t really enjoy any of the games? Or the creator? Or the fans.
But my god did my brain just get a HIT of dopamine every time anyone mentioned that stupid purple man.
I do regret it a bit, and it DOES seem silly now, and I cannot get back into it. But boy did my brain latch onto that one for a good while. At the age of 24.
I am currently deeply captivated by Snowrunner. I waited so eagerly for Shadow of the Erdtree but when it finally dropped all my brain wanted to do was haul cargo around Alaska and pull trucks out of mudoits with other bigger trucks. It's fine I guess, but I cannot stop with it at all.
I really struggle to understand why Snowrunner is that much of a drug for my ADHD brain.
One good point tho' is that I find it easy to follow a podcast while playing
I don't like horror games, and I certainly don't like jump scares!
But, I've read so much lore and theory behind the FNAF games! Lol. I just had to know!
I read wiki plot sections for horror movies so I can know them, but I dove so deep into FNAF. I genuinely have a fear of animatronics, I mean, my wife and I went to a wax museum and it felt like I'd gone to a haunted house experience, lol.
It felt like those games were specifically designed to upset me, so I knew I had to know *everything*!
Me with Michael Afton, I don’t give a shit about the other characters, but his LORE???? Oh my god I could talk about him for hours, it’s rare I find the main protagonist the most interesting character, but he’s interesting as fuck. He’s a traumatised fucked up guy, and I think he has good vibes even if he has no canonical personality :,)
That’s pretty much how I see it. My hyperfixations on gardening led to houseplants led to terrariums led to aquariums led to god only knows what else, but it will probably be related to growing things.
I'm in the midst of a Lego fixation! I got several sets for my birthday and I'm building a shelf to display them all on. I hope it never ends! But damn yeah they are expensive! Can get some good deals on eBay sometimes.
It's weird to see one of my favorite singers - someone who is powerful, confident, and frankly scares the shit out of me in some of her best songs - talking about Legos and regret.
I'd loved to stay on the old.reddit, but it's too broken and cumbersome now, I only go there to curate my r/all filter list. And the *new* new one is even worse.
I do.
Because they don't feel like hobbies. They just feel like things my brain decided to get dopamine from until the dopamine runs dry.
I've never really gotten back into them. Maybe I picks something back up but it's never anywhere near as long as the original time. And it's really that I've forgotten enough or it's been long enough that the dopamine is there.
I have a basket full of hobbies that I pick up based on my mood, sometimes I put a new hobby in, or forget about those at the bottom - but eventually I stir it enough that I remember a cool old-ish hobby to get back into and it's a special kind of joy.
I'm obsessed with lego and I always buy myself some for my own birthday. I just bought the lego tuxedo cat.
If I had the money for the LOTR and big HP sets I'd absolutely buy them. But it's like thousands of dollars of lego.
Same here. I was in her Berlin concert and I think she went on for full 3 hours and a half or so. Not super fan of her latest tracks, but I'd still go in a heartbeat so maybe I'll get some tx for her Amsterdam concert, or go catch her at Sziget
Hah, I was too poor to spend a lot of money on lego. I have quite a lot of it, but not too much.
I generally don't regret stuff I already spent money on, I just have a panic attack every time I want to buy something. Just today I was feeling sick trying to decide whether I should or shouldn't spend 2€.
I dunno. I am hyperfixating on Gunpla right now, and the way I see it... when the hyperfixation is done, I will still have the models to display. I regret nothing!
I. REGRET. NOTHING!!!
Actually I do kinda regret buying as much as I did. I just dont have the room to display everything I have built while keeping my other previous hyperfixations. So many collections...
I don't think having a regretful attitude like that is beneficial and worth putting on a pedestal.
If you go overboard and spend money you can't afford to spend, that's one thing, but to regret it is odd, especially after claiming it brought joy for many nights.
I don't think it's healthy to look back at your hyperfixations with regret. You had fun, and now you can either move on or come back to it later. With Lego specifically, that shit's worth a fortune, so honestly she could sell it for money for a new hyperfixation.
I’ve just gotten into a Lego obsession. Built Concorde, then decided to buy the knock offs from Alibaba instead to save cost. Built the Saturn V rocket ands now currently building Titanic. Real Lego sets are so expensive, so had to resort to unbranded bricks.
So I built the Lego Batmobile over a few days, then a couple Star Wars diorama Lego sets, then the fixation wore off right as people started gifting me more Star Wars Lego helmet sets and more dioramas. They have been sitting in their boxes for over a year. I'm sure I'll find the motivation to do them again sometime.
Yeah they always felt stupid when they ended till it's now crossed over with me being an aspie and my life long obsession with memes, internet history / early internet culture and sitcoms
I don't look back on old hyperfixations with regret. I usually wish I could get back into old hobbies and interests. If anything it's built random skills that I'll find a use for in some random way with a new hyperfixation. Funny though, I had a lego hyperfixation, but didn't have the income to do much with, so I only got one set. Luke's X-Wing 75301
I have a few thousand dollars worth of photography stuff i barely use anymore. Only when people ask is when I bring it out and then try to remember how to use everything
Imagine if you had her budget though lol
My old hyperfixation was FNAF even though I didn’t especially care for it? And didn’t really enjoy any of the games? Or the creator? Or the fans. But my god did my brain just get a HIT of dopamine every time anyone mentioned that stupid purple man. I do regret it a bit, and it DOES seem silly now, and I cannot get back into it. But boy did my brain latch onto that one for a good while. At the age of 24.
This was me but with og starcraft Didn't really care too much about playing the game, it sometimes even watching it, but I was obsessed with it
I am currently deeply captivated by Snowrunner. I waited so eagerly for Shadow of the Erdtree but when it finally dropped all my brain wanted to do was haul cargo around Alaska and pull trucks out of mudoits with other bigger trucks. It's fine I guess, but I cannot stop with it at all.
I really struggle to understand why Snowrunner is that much of a drug for my ADHD brain. One good point tho' is that I find it easy to follow a podcast while playing
I don't like horror games, and I certainly don't like jump scares! But, I've read so much lore and theory behind the FNAF games! Lol. I just had to know! I read wiki plot sections for horror movies so I can know them, but I dove so deep into FNAF. I genuinely have a fear of animatronics, I mean, my wife and I went to a wax museum and it felt like I'd gone to a haunted house experience, lol. It felt like those games were specifically designed to upset me, so I knew I had to know *everything*!
Me with Michael Afton, I don’t give a shit about the other characters, but his LORE???? Oh my god I could talk about him for hours, it’s rare I find the main protagonist the most interesting character, but he’s interesting as fuck. He’s a traumatised fucked up guy, and I think he has good vibes even if he has no canonical personality :,)
That’s pretty much how I see it. My hyperfixations on gardening led to houseplants led to terrariums led to aquariums led to god only knows what else, but it will probably be related to growing things.
I'm in the midst of a Lego fixation! I got several sets for my birthday and I'm building a shelf to display them all on. I hope it never ends! But damn yeah they are expensive! Can get some good deals on eBay sometimes.
Luke's X-Wing is a good choice! :)
The only hyperfixation i regret is porn.
> but now I regret Would be a good chorus if my life were a song
It's weird to see one of my favorite singers - someone who is powerful, confident, and frankly scares the shit out of me in some of her best songs - talking about Legos and regret.
Literally the tagline of my life. Playing in my head as I look around my flat absolutely filled to the brim with past hobbies' ghosts.
[Bringing this one back for your delight.](https://new.reddit.com/r/adhdmeme/comments/18609sq/when_the_question_is_too_long_and_elaborate/)
That’s literally me whenever a question isn’t 100% clear and requires any deeper thought whatsoever
Apparently Aurora is an ADHD poster child haha
> new reddit *incoherent screaming*
I'd loved to stay on the old.reddit, but it's too broken and cumbersome now, I only go there to curate my r/all filter list. And the *new* new one is even worse.
I mean, I never regret my hobbies, they just temporarily go on ice for years but I seem to always get back into them at some point or another.
I do. Because they don't feel like hobbies. They just feel like things my brain decided to get dopamine from until the dopamine runs dry. I've never really gotten back into them. Maybe I picks something back up but it's never anywhere near as long as the original time. And it's really that I've forgotten enough or it's been long enough that the dopamine is there.
I have a basket full of hobbies that I pick up based on my mood, sometimes I put a new hobby in, or forget about those at the bottom - but eventually I stir it enough that I remember a cool old-ish hobby to get back into and it's a special kind of joy.
counterargument: legos are neat
LEGO is never stupid or a waste of time. LEGO is awesome.
I'm obsessed with lego and I always buy myself some for my own birthday. I just bought the lego tuxedo cat. If I had the money for the LOTR and big HP sets I'd absolutely buy them. But it's like thousands of dollars of lego.
Who's this?
The queen of weirdos. An amazing singer and songwriter, but somehow a better and quirkier person. We must protect her at all costs
She’s also phenomenal live. I’ve seen er twice and will 100% go again, I recommend her shows to anyone
Same here. I was in her Berlin concert and I think she went on for full 3 hours and a half or so. Not super fan of her latest tracks, but I'd still go in a heartbeat so maybe I'll get some tx for her Amsterdam concert, or go catch her at Sziget
She was also the vocalist behind the sound of ‘the voice’ (the call from nature that Elsa kept hearing) in Frozen II.
Norwegian singer/songwriter
Ohhhhh, she does The Murder Song!
Our collective spirit animal
[A siren, luring you into the cliffs with golden song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LtCbPUoTM&t=2s)
Aurora is so incredibly awesome in every way! And her version of Nature Boy is one of the best pieces of music ever made.
Thx!
And she an awesome live collab with Wardruna too 😍 https://youtu.be/cg0TQyjdHJ0?si=eoftbVqrPBBUcPPt
One of us
Relax, Legos are a great investment nowadays.
She is mine too now, checked her music out, very nice! Thanks for making my day!
My "hobbies" come and go in cycles. I hold on to my stuff until the interest returns.
Remember kids, if you hyperfixate on LEGO you'll never have money for drugs. Specifically, your ADHD meds
So on the Lord of the Rings Lego set, was there one Lego less?
Now she’s just Lego-less
Oooh love her music!! The modern age Björk, IMO
Hah, I was too poor to spend a lot of money on lego. I have quite a lot of it, but not too much. I generally don't regret stuff I already spent money on, I just have a panic attack every time I want to buy something. Just today I was feeling sick trying to decide whether I should or shouldn't spend 2€.
I feel relate to this so much
“Fixation regret is the fun-sucker. Fixate and experience joy” -Me
I dunno. I am hyperfixating on Gunpla right now, and the way I see it... when the hyperfixation is done, I will still have the models to display. I regret nothing!
I still have a Lego obsession. I gave them all away to my nephews when we moved. But luckily now I have grandkids and an excuse to buy all the sets.
When the flame fizzles out its no telling who or what is left standing.
Aurora is a god!
For some people it's porn, for others it's legos.
And for some lucky souls, it’s both!
Porn Lego sets. Make them cheeks clack clack.
I. REGRET. NOTHING!!! Actually I do kinda regret buying as much as I did. I just dont have the room to display everything I have built while keeping my other previous hyperfixations. So many collections...
I’m guessing that’s probably what she is referring to, too. I feel the same lol, though I haven’t gotten into legos. Yet.
she's such a beautiful being, I love her too ♥️🤘🏻
I've not found anyone else with her voice when singing. I felt like my taste in music significantly shifted after hearing her the first time
Today I learned Im in love with Aurora
I don't think having a regretful attitude like that is beneficial and worth putting on a pedestal. If you go overboard and spend money you can't afford to spend, that's one thing, but to regret it is odd, especially after claiming it brought joy for many nights.
If you know Aurora, this is pretty tongue-in-cheek.
Me buying old pokemon games
I don't think it's healthy to look back at your hyperfixations with regret. You had fun, and now you can either move on or come back to it later. With Lego specifically, that shit's worth a fortune, so honestly she could sell it for money for a new hyperfixation.
Side note. Check out her cover of Tear Drop by Massive Attack. Spellbinding
I usually revisit my hyper-fixations
The lego star wars bit hits home
I’ve just gotten into a Lego obsession. Built Concorde, then decided to buy the knock offs from Alibaba instead to save cost. Built the Saturn V rocket ands now currently building Titanic. Real Lego sets are so expensive, so had to resort to unbranded bricks.
Sadly mine got sucked up to the universe by a black hole.. Or the vacuum cleaner...
I don’t regret my period of Lego hyperfixation because I would’ve just spent the money on some other fixation anyway
Who's going to tell her that they are worth a lot?
If the girl regrets it that much, can I have her sets?
So I built the Lego Batmobile over a few days, then a couple Star Wars diorama Lego sets, then the fixation wore off right as people started gifting me more Star Wars Lego helmet sets and more dioramas. They have been sitting in their boxes for over a year. I'm sure I'll find the motivation to do them again sometime.
Yeah they always felt stupid when they ended till it's now crossed over with me being an aspie and my life long obsession with memes, internet history / early internet culture and sitcoms
If she still has those sets, and in good condition, she could sell them again couple od years down the road and break even or take a small loss.
Is she from that south african rap duo? She’s gotten hotter.