DOPAMINERS: 20 ways ADHDers chase dopamine
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Hello Dopaminers, this week I have deep-dived Reddit to find the 20 most common ways that ADHD people find dopamine. I'm going to ask Rox which 20 she does and we'd love to know yours too.
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It's a good platform, isn't it? Like to research and stuff.
Reddit is the place I trust the most on the internet because it's real people.
Yeah. You must actually, that should be one of my 20 Reddit holes, but, um, right. So I'm going to be steering the ship, so to speak on this episode. Um, I do need you, I'm going to have my watch out actually. I do need you to keep it quite punctual because there's 20 things. So we're talking less than two minutes per thing.
Okay.
Is that okay? So I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna smash.
So are we kind of counting how many of these 20 I do?
Yeah.
And then also maybe late bloomers listeners, let us know in the comments how many you get basically.
Yeah. So I'm going to say what they are. If you need clarity as to what they are and what I'm talking about, please ask. But I'm sure most of them will make complete sense to you. You're right there.
What are the common ways ADHDers chase dopamine?
Do you need to take a call? Can I continue? Yeah. Right. Number one, new personality hobbies. So getting a new hobby and it becoming your entire personality.
Would that count if I became obsessed with making resin, bought all of the gear, industrial grade, started an Etsy shop called House of Resin and just bought the domain name and decided to dedicate my life and your life to resin?
That would be one, yeah. And do you know what? Stuff like that used to surprise me. It used to be a big thing. But that's just one example of many. Yeah. Isn't it? So like whatever you start getting into.
Pottery painting phase, that was lovely.
Yeah.
We used to go pottery painting every weekend.
Surprisingly expensive though, pottery painting, I would say.
Resin was also expensive.
Oh my God, resin.
Soap making, bracelet making, hobbies. Does that also include... getting into different types of working out. Are they hobbies or is it more?
I would say so.
Yeah. We've had the hot yoga phase, the Pilates phase, the running phase.
The rollerblading phase. Yeah. Luckily that personality didn't last long.
I bought us really nice inline skates and we were going rollerblading around our estate. God, what did the neighbours think? Anyway, that's a big yes from me.
Okay. Number two, research spirals.
Yeah. I mean, big tick from me.
You do this at the expense of what you're researching as well. So if we like are going on holiday... or looking for a house, whatever it is, you will research every single hotel that's even possible to stay in. And you'll do it for so long that you'll like completely forget the idea and be overwhelmed and be like, no, we're not going now.
So when I go into research mode, I start with one focus, which let's say I'm booking a hotel. I need to look at every single hotel that I could possibly stay in, read it, research it, see all the pictures to then make a short list to then make a decision. But what happens is obviously I read, I'm trying to do it perfect.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:15
2
What are the common ways ADHDers chase dopamine?
2:15–13:16
3
How do research spirals affect decision-making for ADHDers?
13:16–21:38
4
What role do little treats play in maintaining motivation?
21:38–24:52
5
How do music obsessions influence ADHD behavior?
24:52–30:35
6
What is the impact of doom scrolling on ADHDers?
30:35–35:24
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