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Can you relax?

Catlover

I thought I could, but I don’t think I can!

If I try to relax, I feel like I should be doing something. Whether it’s getting up to compete an action, or even if I just file my nails, or tidy the coffee table…I can’t just sit there.

I thought it was because I felt like I was being lazy when relaxing.

If I sit down to watch a film for example, I’ll start playing a game on my iPad, while occasionally scrolling through my phone. All at the same time. Or I’ll start looking up information in the film I’m watching. Or the actors. Then I’ll need to find everything out about them. And then I’m stimming also. This isn’t relaxation is it?

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  • Catlover said:
    I felt like I was being lazy when relaxing

    I fell it like that too

    probably ADHD related

    find different ways to relax, not sitting down

    nice music + some taichi/balet/yoga ? i do not know any of them  :P

    ican watch only when eating, or i bite nails ort start playing on mbile

  • in reply to Mariusz

    Hmm. I don’t have ADHD. At least I don’t think so. I’m not even diagnosed with ASD yet. I think the only time I am probably relaxed is when I’m deep in my interests perhaps, because that when time flies and I’m focussed. As long as I am busy with my hands, I don’t pick or bite them. 
    The minute I stop doing something I enjoy, my brain kicks in and goes ten to the dozen with thoughts, monologues, conversations  etc etc.

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  • in reply to Mariusz

    Hmm. I don’t have ADHD. At least I don’t think so. I’m not even diagnosed with ASD yet. I think the only time I am probably relaxed is when I’m deep in my interests perhaps, because that when time flies and I’m focussed. As long as I am busy with my hands, I don’t pick or bite them. 
    The minute I stop doing something I enjoy, my brain kicks in and goes ten to the dozen with thoughts, monologues, conversations  etc etc.

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