Losing Interest & ADHD - Why does it happen so often?

Hello Tribe!
I have collected many hobbies and interests throughout my life. Constantly losing interest or moving on from them seemingly without reason and never knowing why. Little did I know, this was a regular thing for neurodiverse people.
In this video I dig into what The Fear of Losing Interest is, some areas of our lives it can effect and a few possible reasons why.

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*I am not a doctor, I just speak from my own experiences & research.

Thank you for watching & your support!

[alittlepieceofearth]

"How can you find your passion when your passion changes all the time?"
Thumbs up for that comment alone.

[leyor]

The loss of interest in life itself is where it eventually ends up.

[EmptyBlock]

The fact that you made 5 videos and moved on to something else sums that whole thing up so well. Whatever you're doing now, I hope you're getting happiness from it! Thanks for the video.

[francovivanmichelon]

i might get obsessed with a hobby or project. Only to abandon it a week later. My personal record was 2 weeks. My hardcore self- discipline and improvement plan also lasted 2 days. Working out is either all days of the week or none

[LucaAnamaria]

Please don't tell us you lost interest in your channel because this content is GOLDEN. 🥺❤️🙏🏻

[IsabellaOsborne]

Holy sh*t. Why the actual HECK were you just describing my life, dude. Having a lot of interests has been extremely useful to me in regards to making certain connections between topics/subjects, but, as you mentioned in this video it makes life decisions difficult. Currently, I am in a rock band called Ipecac and have been for nearly two years (Feb. 2022 will be the 2 year mark). Because of the changing dynamics of the music and the creative outlet writing lyrics provides me, I want to make it a career though the chances of becoming a rockstar are slim. I also wish to be an published author which once again presents numerous challenges. It seems more possible to do these things because I am getting some treatment for ADHD and yet that fear of loosing interest follows me EVERYWHERE. It is such an interesting topic that I haven't heard discussed before as most people covering ADHD talk about hiperfixations alone or the lack of motivation alone rather than the way both behaviors connect to a person's life and interact together through their interests/hobbies. In short, thank you for validating all the stuff I have experienced in regards to my scattered interests and providing information I can pass along to my neurotypical friends/people who may not understand this fully. 🤘❤

[seekerofinfinitewisdom]

"You are not flaky, you are not a quitter and you are not alone!!!" Felt that ❤

[Alternatiflos]

Meeting friends is the hardest thing about it. New hobbies come with new people. But when I move on, the nice people are gone too :(

[dongemus]

I've never felt so called-out and so understood at the same time 😮

[chinogambino]

I have gone through so many jobs, courses and hobbies without becoming what I consider an expert in any of them it honestly does get me down. At least it makes sense now. Should probably grind out my CCNA before I get too bored of IT.

[natashavilakazi]

Struggling with this. Where I'm convinced this is what I'm about to never caring about it again. People are starting I'm a liar or just fake 😢

[radbaddaddy]

Being a “Perpetual Channel Surfer” is hands down my most troubling personality trait.

[heatherjohnson]

Thanks to your videos, I finally asked to be screened for ADHD. I have no doubt that I qualify. I was just diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder but the help I am getting with it does not reach into all areas of difficulty. Having the right diagnosis is critical to living a full life!

[jules]

This is so true to my life that it's scary XD Especially the guilt of disappointing relationships with people that I meet through such hobbies and interests. Maybe why I feel such guilt for not staying in some friendship groups for too long. Have to maintain this insecurity and shame in myself daily

[tardisgater]

Just wanted to say thanks for making these videos, they're really supportive and informative. I have an almost irrational fear of buying things for a new hobby, because that's almost always when I stop doing them. So, if I don't buy anything, I won't lose interest. Logic! It's both good and bad knowing that it's such a common thing and that so many other people deal with the hobby jumping too. Thanks again for all of the work you did. ❤

[Gxzxmn]

Thank you so much for this man. I have gone and still go through exactly the same thing and have been clueless. I tried and tried to figure it out through meditation, therapy and self reflection but you articulated all my symptoms the way even I couldn’t. I am sure I have ADHD.
I hope there is a way out to have peace, n fulfillment.

[MOON-pejm]

When I was 16 I was diagnosed with ADHD. My mom always told me 'nothing is wrong with you and the diagnosis is fake just to get you extra help at school'. Now as an adult 29 years old my mom just told me that the diagnosis was real and she believes I always had ADHD. Thanks mom. I never really researched it until now. I had other diagnosis of bipolar and I also thought throughout life I could have borderline personality disorder and or autism and or ocd.
It all makes sense now.

[pallavinautiyal]

How true ! Each and every word said by you. You literally described me

[mtamech]

Here's one for you: I'm both bipolar and ADD. Growing up I struggled with focus in school, was given ritalin. Then, at 17, bipolar hit hard. I thought it was the bipolar that was creating the dropping hobby problem. BUT here's the twist. When I go through a depressive phase, not only do I have to go back to that thing I loved and try to remember why I loved it so much, I have depression 'webs' that are attached to it. It's the cold shadows of depression on the things I loved doing that I have to detach before I can start doing it again. So it's a double whammy. I make videos for woodworking. I have to constantly change the state of my methods to keep it interesting for myself as well as detach the depressive vibes and self talk myself into "No, it doesn't make you feel miserable, that was the depression."

It's absolutely insane.

[laisa.]

I discovered my tendency to lose interest, and almost lost interest in interests... because, what was the point... plus I also noted I rarely remembered the skills and facts from all my rabbit hole deep dives. So again, what was the point..
Then I was diagnosed ADHD at 46 and I learned this is an *adhd-thing*. So I'll try to be more self compassionate now, instead of self deprecating. ❤