About writing a sanity plea

[flametwirler]

I'm having the weirdest time lately: I can't seem to do anything consistently. I can only do any one thing for about twenty minutes at a time

Comments

[knittingknots]

I know that feeling. In fact, I get it a lot, which is why I look like I multi-task all over the place. I call it the butterfly syndrome. But I come from a family with a high percentage of people who have ADD, so we're all used to it. I'm less so than a lot of them, but I still butterfly. This is why I have over 20 tabs open in firefox at any one moment, why I seldom can make myself watch a whole movie at one sitting, why I tend to write my fics in 500-600 word blocks at a time. I can focus when necessary, though. It's just not my natural mode.

You might want to talk to the dr. about it if you've never been like this before. Could be depression or other issue. Some medications can do that to you, too.

[flametwirler]

Hm. Adult onset ADD? haha, it'd be just like me for that to happen. ^_

[demonsayankids]

I've been exactly the same. I sit down to something, get a third of the way through it, and have to find that I'm bored with it or can't concentrate on it enough to really enjoy it. Believe it or not, a cup of coffee usually will fix it if it's concentration. Sometimes going out and getting out of the house for an hour will help, too. Regardless, I hope you're back to normal soon! <3 *CHU*

[flametwirler]

Hn, maybe I should get out of the house more (at least for things that aren't doctors' visits and work, haha).

Yeah, I used to either stare blankly at the computer and not write at all or be hit suddenly by something and write 10+ pages. Now it's a couple hundred words, if I'm lucky. *sigh* oh well. Hopefully it'll pass. Afterall, the ideas are still lurking around in my head so something will have to come of them ^_-

Thanks for the well wishes. <3 you too babe.