Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

to ask if anyone has procrastinated so much mucking around on MN that they

83 replies

TheProcrastinatorer · 07/04/2023 17:41

lost their job or their home or had some other catasatrophe?

This is me right now. I should be working. I can't because I'm caught in some MN proscratinating worm hole.

It is possible to chain myself up so I don't log on here. Deleting my account won't help as I'll just lurk....

OP posts:
RoseRobot · 07/05/2023 15:31

BertieBotts · 07/04/2023 18:31

People are going to lynch me but... Have you looked at the criteria for adult ADHD?

I only ask because if you're genuinely serious, yes, I nearly lost my home and had social services intervention, if you'd asked me at the time I might well have said it was because I couldn't get off MN. Actually I had really bad undiagnosed/untreated ADHD (inattentive kind) and this causes all the other issues, but one specific way it manifests for me is it makes computer forums ridiculously addictive. (This is apparently because ADHD is a crap name, as it's not a lack of attention, it's an inability to regulate where you're spending your attention.)

The thing is it doesn't actually matter if I ban myself from one site, I just find another. If I don't have internet I just play games on my phone or computer. If I can't do that then I watch literally whatever is on telly. If I don't have access to telly then I'll read. If I have nothing to read, I might get really into some project but honestly if there is absolutely nothing I would just go to sleep rather than do the normal things that you have to do to be an adult. It's infuriating.

I am hoping medication will help me with this because it's by far the most debilitating symptom, I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's real for me.

Thank you so much for posting this. I am the same. I'm currently looking into spending my life savings on private assessments for DS2 and me because it has really limited my life and DS looks to be going the same way. We are both very bright with good plans but one tiny distraction and we're off, all day long. I'd give anything to have had proper medication form a young age and I hope above anything that DS finds the right medication and that it keeps him on track.

ily0xx · 07/05/2023 15:32

foulksmills · 07/04/2023 18:17

You can block websites.

Yeah no shit. Then what? You can just unblock them when she loses willpower.

ily0xx · 07/05/2023 15:36

3luckystars · 07/05/2023 13:21

on iPhone go into:

settings
accessibility
Display and text size

then
colour filters
greyscale

welcome to a boring phone !!

Yeah but then she can just change it back within a minute.

A better solution is a lock box.

https://amzn.eu/d/agj0hwh

https://amzn.eu/d/agj0hwh?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-am-i-being-unreasonable-4780101-to-ask-if-anyone-has-procrastinated-so-much-mucking-around-on-mn-that-they

Rummikub · 07/05/2023 16:41

Yes it is tempting to change back but I’ve given myself a challenge. My colour on screen time was 6 hours/day (shameful) so I’ll check next week. I must say games are almost impossible to play in greyscale!

LongTermLurker · 07/05/2023 16:58

Erm yes, you might have a point there 😁. Although strictly speaking I can and have held down full-time jobs. I think I've probably developed blind spots around the self-hacks and workarounds that make life feel more manageable!

LongTermLurker · 07/05/2023 16:59

(That was in reply to @BertieBotts )

QueefQueen80s · 07/05/2023 17:13

I knew a guy who got fired for being on eBay constantly when he was meant to be answering customer tech help emails.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 07/05/2023 17:14

Not yet but I worry it’ll happen!

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread