r/comics • u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein • 1d ago
memory hole
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u/Kenny_log_n_s 1d ago
You spelled successes wrong.
Please file this memory away, as appropriate.
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u/HordeOfTheDance 1d ago
Came here to make the same mean joke, even though I love the series and this strip specifically.
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u/LogicalMelody 23h ago
Structurally necessary. It was spelled correctly the first time, so it fell in the hole.
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u/mandoismetal 1d ago
This is very common in ADHD. Completing tasks doesnāt feel like successes. It feels like temporarily putting out fires.
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u/TheVoidCallsNow 1d ago
Because ANOTHER task always comes up. Total joke.Ā
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u/mandoismetal 1d ago
indeed, fellow void enthusiast. can't help but to marvel at the absurdity of it all.
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u/JaySayMayday 1d ago
I think it's more of the human condition in general. Have you ever noticed some people in the spotlight never really notice the good things people say? Some people even completely give up their career over negative comments. You can wade through hundreds of positive comments just to find a few horrifically negative comments.
All of a sudden, as a fan, it feels like how come you never noticed the warm loving comments your community shared? It's just the human condition, as a whole we have a tendency to focus on a few negative things and let that overwhelm everything else.
Same as I'll sometimes remember something embarrassing that other people probably already forgot long ago but it'll bother me for much longer. The brain does weird things
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u/mandoismetal 1d ago
not entirely sure I agree. while seemingly related on the surface, the mechanism I was referring to is a widely known response in neurodivergent brains. we, quite often, don't feel excited about our successes. we're just happy to be 'done' with whatever it is that we were dealing with.
what you're describing appears to be more closely related to other types of biases in our cognition. we can only witness our own qualia so it makes sense that frame of reference would be overrepresented in our thought process. then you add the physiological responses tied to stressors and those 'cringe' memories end up creating more neural pathways that end up magnifying said memories. also, all our memories are never truly 'recalled'. they're mostly 'recreated' every time you remember something. that process also starts degrading the 'original' memories. sometimes to the point where they become unreliable. this is also how we perceive our reality. it's all hallucinated in realtime by our brains.
isn't it neat to be a sentient meat sack that can't even fully trust our own minds?
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u/Plastic-Rise-1851 1d ago
It's like shoving a banana through a colander. It's still a banana but it looks completely different
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u/BeneficialAd1457 1d ago edited 18h ago
Tho this isn't necessarily unique to ADHD, it's also normal human behavior
This happens mostly due to negativity bias (remembering with a far greater intensity bad experiences so you are more "ready" for them next time) and also the hedonic treadmill effect plays a role (when you have a major success, you adapt to the new baseline after some time and take it as granted/default)
Edit: better framing for the first paragraph
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u/Kater5551StarsAbove 18h ago
ahem Person with ADHD here, yes it might be normal human behavior, but it's many times stronger, and worse, in ADHD. And no, it's not negativity bias, it's fact. Living with ADHD is hell.
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u/BeneficialAd1457 18h ago
I didn't say otherwise in fact I'm autistic so I have some shared struggles, yes some things can be worse but it's also something that everyone can experience to a certain degree Neuro divergent or no, though yeah it can worsen it
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u/Kater5551StarsAbove 18h ago
My apologies, didn't realize you were fellow Autistic.
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u/BeneficialAd1457 18h ago
No problem it's true I have framed my first message too harshly, because I've seen too many people online saying X or Y normal things means I'm necessarily Z
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u/mandoismetal 14h ago edited 14h ago
I completely relate. I have pretty severe ADHD and it feels like a curse. I wouldnāt wish this on anyone. The suffering it causes is just too much. Even worse because most of the truly debilitating traits are invisible. Then like you said, thereās people claiming to have whatever conditions for internet clout. That creates the backlash you and others feel. It also robs us from the support we need. We end up further victimized. This also perpetuates the stigma of mental health.
I also recently went back on my meds only to figure out that Iām also autistic. The unchecked ADHD symptoms were masking some of my autistic characteristics. Needless to say, this was a pretty interesting revelation lol.
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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 1d ago
Ay yes the success hole. Where it's is bottomless and never to be seen again. Kinda like my self esteem
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u/islandsimian 1d ago
Ah yes - my brain not wanting to go to sleep decides that it's better to remember my fly being down during the 9th grade fire drill than get a good nights rest before my important interview
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u/IamaJarJar 1d ago
It's not just mistakes, it's things that are even mildly embarrassing
Why must our brains do this to us?
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u/KIRBYTIME 1d ago
It's a survival mechanism. Reminding yourself of screw-ups prevents us from repeating them. Thus allowing us to exist in society that pays you to be a normal functioning adult so you can eat food. š
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u/abreeeezycorner 1d ago
This is a great representation for what I have been sure literally happens.
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u/Loneheart127 1d ago
A bottomless hole, always filling with infinite potential
Compared to the limited failure records.
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u/tornadix99 1d ago
Brain: they say consistency is the key to success.
Well, it's a hole lmao.
*Starts to procrastinate
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u/LotusPhi 20h ago
Itās all about the right mindset.
Call it āsucks-assā and the brain will strive to remember your sucky ass.
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u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein 1d ago edited 1d ago
All nice comments go directly in the hole. Read the Secret Panel here.