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analkant in asperger

Perseveration

May 12, 2009 01:29

I'd never thought about this before, but do you think perseverations begin when we're bored? Like, I've been doing nothing productive for an hour, and just had a really strong urge to start researching Super Dave Osborne, someone I have never had any interest in, but who I know nothing about (probably the reason I subconsciously chose him). Maybe ( Read more... )

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drowninautumn May 12 2009, 07:27:48 UTC

I've found the opposite true for me. Most of my perseverations come when I am busy, and don't have time to focus on any odd interest I might develop. That tends to be the time A) new perseverations develop, or B) old ones beg for my attention.

tooimpurenangel May 12 2009, 07:33:43 UTC

Same here

analkant May 12 2009, 15:46:49 UTC

this is a good point i had forgotten about. is it when you're doing something you don't really enjoy and aren't focusing on, though? because i wasn't sitting around doing NOTHING; i was just understimulated

tooimpurenangel May 13 2009, 10:24:33 UTC

Unfortunately not=(
It would certainly make life easier if it did work that way!

teamnoir May 12 2009, 15:57:34 UTC

The distractions I have when I'm bored are usually short lived - hours, maybe. I do think that this is a form of perseveration, but the more common form of perseveration deals with much longer term obsessions, I think.

lordalfredhenry May 13 2009, 05:37:29 UTC

You know, that's how my perseverations work too. I have some long term ones and a few short term "research marathons" like these that last a day or so. Today it was Russian reversal jokes. (as in, In Soviet Russia, LJ reads YOU! (not far from truth considering six apart's recent acquisition))....

I'm glad to know that perseverations can have just about any duration with most of us who claim to have them. It seems they really do. For some, it seems like they might have one, just one really long, life long interest. I think the truth is far more complex. A lot of us may have several long term interests (with < 5% chance of being "trainspotting") and a bunch of boring-day--ooh shiney--spending-a-day-here-interests.

limping2victory May 13 2009, 14:03:09 UTC

Is that really Perseveration though?

The sudden desire to research something... that happens to me all the time. And any time, not just when I'm bored or busy. And it's very difficult to resist. But once I'm done, I'm usually fine, unless I want to research something else.