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by romwell 1627 days ago
FYI, you are describing ADHD symptoms:

>I have the same but it feels more like a type of paralysis rather than a loop

See: "ADHD Paralysis"[1]

>I can only do one task deeply at a time but while doing that, I will think and worry about other tasks that need to be done. This stops me from what I am working on, leaving it half way and starting something else. When I reach a point when two or more tasks compete for my attention (or someone drops something on my plate) I feel locked up.

See: "Executive Dysfunction" [2]

>The best thing I've found is to capture tasks as soon as I get them and try to ignore things until my current task is done. Otherwise, I drift of into mindless scrolling

See: ADHD switches[3]

I've been beating myself up for 30 years over this stuff, until I learned that I'm very much not alone - and that ADHD doesn't mean what the name says (it's named awfully[4]).

[1] https://romankogan.net/adhd/#ADHD%20Paralysis

[2] https://romankogan.net/adhd/#Executive%20Dysfunction

[3] https://romankogan.net/adhd/#ADHD%20Switches

[4] https://romankogan.net/adhd/#Awfully%20Described%20Human%20D...