When a current hyperfixation ruins your work flow

[Van]

I'm supposed to be writing and drawing but instead I've been scrolling through A/B/O, bottom or cat boy Bakugou Katsuki twitter threads/AO3 fanfics for days with character analysis videos of him playing in the background

damn you sexy bomb boy, you beautiful anxiety ridden mess of a human bean

[disqette]

It's the worst thankfully stimulant medication helps prevent me from hyperfixating on unproductive things, but when it does happen... well... hahahahaha ;;;;;

there's a certain video game I like that's set to come out soon, hoping that I don't get sucked in too much. Knowing my brain though... sigh

[darthmongoose]

My biggest weakness:
"I should research this thing for my comic."
THREE HOURS LATER... I realise I went down a rabbit hole of research and have collected an absurd amount of info and reference for this one tiny detail.

[Legendofgenii]

Lol! Same.

At least you learned a lot though... maybe.

[DualDragons]

Me: ah yeah boi let's do these pages.
Youtube: You were saying?

((I'm not the most focused person around

[OffBased]

Yeeeeah I’ve done similar things. One moment I google something that I might use in my story, and next thing I know I’ve learned everything about baroque lute after a two hour Wikipedia safari, and as I listen to classic compositions for such a wonderful instrument, I realize I haven’t drawn anything at all

[Tanako]

Story of my life. like right now I'm supposed to be illustrating and what am I doing? lurking in Tapas forum wasting my life

[skicoak]

Mine is inside the actual word flow...

Some weird OCD kicks in and I just HAVE to draw thousands of bubbles in an underwater scene...or the wood grain of a hardwood floor in a scene. It hypnotizes me and I am spending hours scrolled in on details that will barely register on the phone app.

My doctor says there is no medical term or treatment for this. I think I need an art psychologist or something.

Do they even exist?

[rajillustration]

I literally have certain webpages blocked on my computer from 9 am - 5 pm because they're like...designed to suck you in. It's saved me so many times.

[YuJiaKweh]

Learn to let go. It's ok for things to not be detailed.

[arbiterswake]

I feel like hyperfixation for me but... It's more like I have a hard time focusing on my work because I feel like there's always going to be a distraction in 5 mins so it keeps me from really getting focused. This happens so much during the day that some times I find myself just trying to fill the day with menial things that aren't productive at all until everyone else is asleep and there is no possibility for distraction. It's really bad some days.

This isn't just with drawing/writing though.

This has even stopped me from doing things like playing games and such because I always have this sense of looming distraction.