Why is it that when I pick up a hobby it's all I ever think about for the next few weeks to months

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I can’t do anything else. Until I get bored.

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Is it linked to autism this bursts of obsessiveness and ADHD when I get bored?

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Maybe it’s because when you really get into a hobby you can’t think about anything else, even unpleasant feelings like sadness. However, when it gets repetitive you get bored.

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What else do you have to think about?

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I don’t get bored easily though it takes weeks to months , I wish I could stick to one thing

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It’s all I think about from the time I get up to the time I fall asleep mostly. Recently it’s my blanket

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I feel you… Out side of my mental illness all I do is hobbies. I don’t know what normal people do anymore :joy:

I also suspect I’m on the spectrum…

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Do you think it is hyperfixation? You don’t need to have ADHD or autism for experiencing increased short term obsession with something.

@shutterbug @ThePoet can you guys chime in? How did you guys stay with specific hobby after early excitement is over?

I struggle with it too.

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Honestly I also jump from hobby to hobby as well but I can say these two things. 1 to try to stick to the same couple of hobbies and bounce between them. And 2 I try to treat my hobbies like my diet and do a bit of each category each day. Otherwise I understand that I’ll soon desire to do the activities im neglecting. Like if you cut out carbs you’ll soon crave carbs, so I try to have each food category in moderation.

Theres 4 categories of bodily activities

Working the mind
Working the heart and lungs
Working the gutt
Working the arms and legs

Mind I do reading and such activities

Heart and lungs I sing and practice public speaking

Gutt I try to fast and take care of my general health with med, supplements, etc.

Arms and legs I do exercises like running pushups boxing etc.

If you do a little of each category every day you’ll never miss to a great extent any of them. Or at least try to bounce between a few every few days or so so you don’t get completely burnt out in one.

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That’s an interesting analogy. Stops things from becoming boring.

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I make schedules ahead of time and I stick to them.

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It’s better, you don’t wasting your money in it.

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