Damn, I didn't know this had a name! My wife and I do this all the time. Our computers are right next to each other's, and we play our own games for hours at a time. It's glorious.
Yeah, I think it's something people have been doing for eons and that only recently has a name. It's really no different than when my wife and I would read separate things next to each other.
Most recently, I've been the opposite of that and lost nearly half my body weight in ~6mo of chronic disregulation. No, it's not fun, either. 😅
Just remembering if I've eaten isn't enough, I've gotta assume the abdominal discomfort isn't anxiety, but legit hunger —that's a tough one to ascertain, atm.
I'm currently losing too much weight due to this and I'm trying to eat more meals, but yeah I'm worried I'll end up like everyone else struggling to eat less eventually :( feels like we can't win sometimes
What is parallel play?
We hang out together, you play your game and I play mine.
Damn, I didn't know this had a name! My wife and I do this all the time. Our computers are right next to each other's, and we play our own games for hours at a time. It's glorious.
Yeah, I think it's something people have been doing for eons and that only recently has a name. It's really no different than when my wife and I would read separate things next to each other.
Wait this is a ADHD thing? Ive always wanted to do this witg friends.
Indeed it is! It also comes up under autism too... the way these two diagnoses intersect is evolving in real time.
It also applies to chores and overcoming the dreaded "wall of awful". It's called "parallel work" or "body doubling."
Ah yes, the shaky body alarm clock.
Wait what’s support swapping?
When two people share tasks. Basically if one person has a problem doing some chore or something and so the other does it for them in exchange for swapping with another chore or task. https://actuallyautistic.wiki/wiki/Autistic_love_languages#Support_swapping
Damn, here I was thinking it's when someone switches to playing Mercy
There's a joke in there about Symmetra switching from Support to DPS, but I'm le tired and only got this far
Then take a nap.. THEN MAKE ZE JOKE!
I wish I could forget to eat again. The three meals a day conditioning is really hard to break.
Whoa. I got the other neruodivergent thing where recalling to eat on time is a battle. I had no idea that swung the other way for some folks.
My problem is I forget how many I've already eaten and end up with four or five.
The last 3 meals all happen after 8pm when the stims wear off.
Most recently, I've been the opposite of that and lost nearly half my body weight in ~6mo of chronic disregulation. No, it's not fun, either. 😅
Just remembering if I've eaten isn't enough, I've gotta assume the abdominal discomfort isn't anxiety, but legit hunger —that's a tough one to ascertain, atm.
I'm currently losing too much weight due to this and I'm trying to eat more meals, but yeah I'm worried I'll end up like everyone else struggling to eat less eventually :( feels like we can't win sometimes
Yeah, both increasing and decreasing are difficult when trying to change what few habits we have developed.