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pwgtennant.bsky.social • 123 days ago

My theory is that it works for short periods with a defined goal as long as you can relax and recover afterwards. E.g. During a degree.

But when the cycle of stress becomes chronic over many years, you burnout and nothing can motivate you anymore.

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justinsulik.bsky.social•123 days ago

Yeah, especially as the range of tasks that academics need to do grows so fast --- more task switching to exhaust the ADHD brain and more tasks to flood out recovery periods.

pwgtennant.bsky.social•123 days ago

Academia is relentless and overwhelming. I would not recommend it to anyone with ADHD!

andrewholding.bsky.social•123 days ago

I agree with this ADHD, or otherwise, single objective focus and stress is the antithesis of the the requirements of Academia. The biggest shift as a PI is not having a small number of jobs to prioritise followed by a rest period to having many unrelenting tasks.

perceived.bsky.social•123 days ago

To expand on that, maybe deadline motivation in ADHD depends on poor recall of outcomes.

Whereas, if you pass a certain threshold of chronic, physical stress responses, you end up with a permanent reminder of the questionable results of pressured work 😬

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