And no, I can't control it so it's not a superpower, it's random enforced focus and it's only sometimes a helpful thing. Usually the work I do when doing it gets worse much faster and it does major damage to your body to sit in 1 position for that long not peeing.

[–] GTG3000@programming.dev 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, no, I know what hyperfocus is, it's the reason I no longer touch creative writing with a ten foot pole after getting bombarded with "but you wrote this one in an hour and it is awesome! just write another one!" :D

I meant that I am wondering if normal people just get the same productivity but without it being flipped on or off randomly, provided they don't get distracted by something. You know, kinda like learning that it's not just a tv thing that people can say "okay, let's do this" and actually sit down and do "this" and not have to beat their brain into submission first.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

They call it the Flow state, there are books and I'm sure seminars about getting into the flow state to help you focus and get more done.

[–] brognak@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I can’t control it so it’s not a superpower, it’s random enforced focus

I call it catching the wave. You cant predict the wave and you have no idea if it will ever even happen. Sometimes just have to sit and wait for the motivation to complete tasks to hit, then ride it as long as I can until it tapers off again.