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   Pandoria Falls (pandoriafalls@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-May-2024 16:29:43 JST Pandoria Falls

   Me in a nutshell: "I have #ADHD and that means when I achieve something, I don't feel any sense of accomplishment. I only feel a mild sense of relief that it's done."

   This, I think, is one of the main reasons why I have such a hard time continuously making music or games. Because I don't feel like I've accomplished anything once I'm done. I just feel the relief of finishing a marathon. It takes me months to feel any sense of accomplishment, if at all.

   #gamedev #indiedev #music

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     Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-May-2024 16:29:37 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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     @pandoriafalls I have a similar problem (not because of ADHD, though) and at one point I noticed my sense of accomplishment comes from reactions from other people. Which basically leads to doing things for the likes. Not sure this is healthy, but at least it helped me get a lot done on a regular basis.

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     Pandoria Falls (pandoriafalls@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-May-2024 16:38:35 JST Pandoria Falls

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     • Jacek Wesołowski

     @jzillw getting likes certainly helped. But at the same time made it even harder to work on something new should I get less likes for what I just released.
     It was not a healthy mindset and I need to find a way around that.