Is "sporadic obsession" related to ADHD in anyway? It causes me to feel lonely and I don't know what to do about it.

Holy shit... the Twitter thing stuck out! I started mine July 2015 and last month I got 94,200 views on my content. I put a stupid amount of time in learning how to use it to reach as many people as possible just because it interested me. It's fast flowing enough and there is a lot of different content so it's almost the perfect platform. That said, I'm getting bored of it. Spend enough time there and you start to see the same joke formats over and over and it's very frustrating.

I used to make Youtube videos. I have tones of scripts for shorts I've never filmed. I started building a Halo helmet, and before I finished it I had started an Iron man one, a Green Goblin one, then I switched to EVA foam to try out a Batman one. I learned how to use resin and fiberglass. I learned how to solder.

I skip people and media all the time. I'll find one actor who is a beast and watch every movie they have done, read all their interviews, watch stuff on Youtube, read their books, listen to their music and then one day I will switch on their movie and think, "why was I so obsessed with this?." Then I might get a break but it starts all over again.

It doesn't really impact my life too badly. I worked very hard to "train" myself to complete those boring tasks like the washing up or ironing. I literally do it as soon as I think of it or it won't get done. It's only that discipline that keeps me in line, my motivation is all over the place and unreliable as hell.

I am the same as you with the feeling to underachieving. I learn information and skills and have zero to show for it. I throw out my projects because looking at them, knowing I would never bother to finish them caused me to feel badly about myself.

To me, I'm always busy. To others I spend my time on god knows what as there is zero to show for it. It makes me feel like shit.

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