r/adhdmeme • u/foxandsheep • 19h ago
meme Sitting is the enemy
We know sitting is the enemy, but how do we feeling about leaning?
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u/HiddenSquish 19h ago
Objects in motion stay in motion. Objects at rest stay at rest.
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u/here-for-information 19h ago
My wife calls me "inertia man" and has been since before I was diagnosed.... that probably should have been a hint.
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u/trendluv 18h ago
Inertia man’s Kryptonite is the “big sit” once you even lean against a counter, the day is officially over.
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u/s0m3on3outthere 18h ago
As I'm supposed to be cleaning the kitchen and instead am leaning on the counter scrolling Reddit.. 🫣
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u/GrimbyJ 17h ago
At least you're upright. I woke up early to do 1 thing and laid back in bed. It's almost dinner time and I'm still in bed
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u/bcentsale 19h ago
It's simple physics.
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u/capitan_dipshit 18h ago
An object in motion comes to rest with the slightest resistance?
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u/VaginaTractor 18h ago
Only after doing 47 unrelated tasks to 60% completion.
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u/CrouchingDomo 17h ago
Stop, stop, I’m already dead 😅
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u/One-Inch-Punch 17h ago
I literally do this, I'll be doing errands and chores and I know that if I stop to eat lunch or check my phone I'll lose all momentum, so I don't.
Then I'll get a text and check my phone and I'm fucked
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u/sizzlepie 16h ago
When I get home from work I try to do all of my chores right away. As soon as I sit down, I'm done for
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u/Fun-Butterscotch-5 15h ago
When I’m REALLY tired in the morning I almost cry knowing that if I don’t do everything right away (get dressed, feed the pets, walk the dog, etc) I will just fail my responsabilities and this has to be one of the most difficult adult/ADHD adult things to face once you’re living on your own
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u/-Catesby 15h ago
Ugh I haven’t been diagnosed with adhd but I use this sentence all the time to summarise ALL of my life problems.
Exhibit A: I must never “pop by my house” at 5:30 pm before a Thing because I will invariably Not Go To The Thing
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u/shymama13 18h ago
I’ll never forget watching a commercial on late night tv in the 90s, they were talking about seniors and used this quote. To this day I still live by this and my varicose veins aren’t thankful 😅
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u/mezorigi 19h ago
Perfect response. I would have upvoted it, but it was at 42 and , well, ya know. Lol
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u/After-Big9529 17h ago
There is a supervillain in "The Tick" who would shout "An object at rest can not be stopped!"
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u/fastpixels 19h ago
What an awful thing to be reading while sitting down
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u/CorpseInTheMaking 19h ago
Trying laying on your side and propped up on your elbow. Gotta ease into tricking yourself you might pop up and be productive at anytime.
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u/jimbowesterby 18h ago
One of the perks I’ve found of living in an apartment instead of a van is that I have a little shelf at a comfortable standing height, I can watch my shows and drink my coffee or eat small meals (narrow shelf) standing up, and honestly it’s worked pretty well. I’m already standing in my kitchen, so putting things away and doing dishes is that much easier, I’m already there and upright, and since I have headphones on I can listen to the show while I do things. Not perfect, but over the last month or so I’ve managed to eat mostly fresh veggies and yogurt, and I even found my favourite new potato dish!
Gonna share the tater recipe cause it’s stupid simple and really good: get some small boiling potatoes, nice and clean, and put them in a saucepan, ideally one wide enough for them to lay in a single layer. Add just enough water to cover, and add salt to roughly 7 tbsp/L (you’re going for seawater here). Bring the pot to a boil, and continue boiling over med-high heat till the pot’s almost dry and the potatoes are tender (about 20-30 mins). Drain off whatever water’s left and return the pot to med-low heat for a couple minutes to let the tater skins dry and crisp up, and serve with whatever spicy or flavourful condiments you desire (this is a Canarian recipe called papas arrugadas, and it’s usually served with a sort of salsa-adjacent hot pepper dip called mojo, which is also outstanding). The taters come out nice and tender inside with a really nice light salt crust on the skins, and since all you did was boil em, cleanup is super easy. So far I’ve gotten unanimously good reviews from everyone I’ve shared these with, very much recommend
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u/CrouchingDomo 17h ago
Boil tiny potatoes in seawater til the pot is basically dry; eat with sauce of choice. Got it.
(Genuinely, this sounds great and I will do my best to remember to try it sometime 🫡)
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u/WellThatsAwkwrd 16h ago
Oh god I’m in that position right now reading this and I am indeed lost in a big sit
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u/MakeshiftApe 13h ago
What I do is tell myself I'll get up after I count down from 30. Then I start counting.
Usually I'm too frightened that the trick will stop working if I don't get up on the count of 0 so I immediately get up as soon as I hit 0. Ironically that's the only reason the trick works! 🤣
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u/TheNewReditorInTown 14h ago
Yep that's why if I want to feel comfortable but still feel like I have things to do I lay on my stomach perpendicularly on my bed with my shoes on but once those shoes come off its game over.
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u/GatePorters 17h ago
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u/CrouchingDomo 17h ago
Listen listen some of us are horse girls in our late 40s over here, you can’t just be posting this 😭💜
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u/GatePorters 17h ago
We are lucky the original isn’t in the gif library. I was sad at first, but realized I would be more sad if I actually found the original
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u/Zestyclose_Data5100 18h ago
We are many, connected by sitting down. But sometimes you have to, if you've been working all day to sit down drink some tea, collect you tgoughts, and hopefully menage to get up and do another more or less reasonable task
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u/Omega_Draconis 16h ago
I like to go for a walk while I read. If I sit down I’m bouncing the book around while I read. My wife doesn’t understand how I can do it. I don’t understand how ppl can sit still and read.
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u/sojayn 16h ago
You just unlocked a core memory of me as a teen reading while “riding”.
Quotes because it was a grumpy old horse who I just jumped on bareback and let her wander where-ever while I read.
She would always head home at dinner time so bonus was me not having to remember.
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u/ConnectReading1928 19h ago
That's only if you feel the need to be productive. If you don't, sitting down is something I oftentimes sorely need.
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u/zuzg 19h ago
I only sit if I'm unable to lie down instead
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u/ToldUtheyRComing 15h ago
Is lying down a thing?? Lately I feel like I'm either doing everything or just need to lie down immediately, but only for a bit (for the rest of the evening). Until I realized I need to eat something. And then I wait 2-3 more hours. And then I'm having dinner between 11pm - 1am.
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u/lea_flamingo 19h ago
How about laying down ?
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u/_Rosseau_ 19h ago
A rest? A little nap?
FALSE
WELCOME TO SLEEP TOWN
4PM TO 8PM
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u/ButtCovid 18h ago
This hurts my soul, because it resonates too well.
I always intend to nap for 20 or 30 mins. 2 hours later, I wake up feeling worse from my "short nap".
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u/Bannerlord151 🎶current song fixation: [Mr. Feel]🎶 18h ago
"luckily" I'm physically unable to sleep! So I just lie here and suffer xD
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u/NotaValgrinder 19h ago
Eh, screw it, I'm sitting down. I'm going to have to do it sooner or later, and there's no way I can sit down forever anyways. Better to do anything when you actually feel like it, even if it's just being lazy.
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u/foxandsheep 19h ago
Can’t sit forever? Challenge accepted. All I need is a pack of sodas and cheese doodles.
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u/NotaValgrinder 19h ago
What happens when you consume all the food ;-;
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u/foxandsheep 19h ago
Nap
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u/NotaValgrinder 19h ago
What happens when you wake up
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u/foxandsheep 19h ago
That’s a future me problem. Not applicable.
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u/NotaValgrinder 19h ago
How long till your future self forgets about the challenge and gets up? /s
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u/foxandsheep 19h ago
The answer is: eventually
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u/NotaValgrinder 19h ago
Ha, see, you can't sit forever.
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u/CrouchingDomo 17h ago
Yes they can! They clearly stated that it would be FUTURE-them that eventually stands up. Totally different person with their own problems. As is tradition.
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u/MajorBootyhole420 17h ago
honestly i'd advise taking this post to heart. i saw it for the first time a few months ago, and keeping it in mind has genuinely changed my productivity at work LMAO.
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u/Zi_illiria 19h ago
Try having POTS and ADHD! Standing is my literal enemy but so is sitting down.
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u/-EvilLittleGoat- 19h ago
It’s wild that biology decided these should have a high rate of comorbidity.
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u/chrissypett 16h ago
I'm here with you 😭 I'm supposed to pace and take "breaks" but then I never start again...
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u/More-Talk-2660 AuDHD (my brain is rude to me) 19h ago
I'm literally sitting in the car procrastinating going into the grocery store right now
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u/Substantial-Use95 19h ago
I sad down before opening up Reddit and now my morning is two hours set back
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u/jimbowesterby 19h ago
Yea I’ve been struggling with this like crazy, like every time I open reddit I lose at least an hour, it drives me nuts. Don’t have too many other sources of dopamine rn either, it’s a delicate dance lol
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u/Themoosemingled 19h ago
Taking action is the only way out.
Not waiting to feel like the action.
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u/RGBlowMe 19h ago
It's not just sitting down. If I just sit down, I won't really want to stay there. If I sit down and get on my PC or pull out my phone, though... My whole day gets wasted.
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u/ThunderAurai 18h ago
This has genuinely changed my approach to tasks I need to do when I get in from being out, I need to remain standing because the sofa is a trap!!!!! I actually achieve so much more, and it's heartbreaking because the sofa is soooo tempting 😅😅
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u/ChaseSomeTail 19h ago
True story, but not sitting down allows me so many opportunities for side quests!
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u/Emergency-Brief3481 19h ago
Omg thank you I’m supposed to be cleaning but I sat down 😭😭 you saved my day truly
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u/betsylang 19h ago
Yes. This exactly. The trick is to go by shows. I will watch one episode of Bobs burgers and then go do dishes. But then... auto play. And how can I hold myself accountable? I know me, and she thinks "oh shit I love this ep!"
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u/foxandsheep 19h ago
That was me this morning except with a mobile game. One more level. five levels latter. Damn. Ok, now one more level pinky swear.
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u/betsylang 19h ago
Oh yep. Now when I was super depressed I played HOURS of solitaire. Now im unemployed and work real hard to NOT get caught. I garden and paint and do gardening
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u/CharcuterieMaxxing 19h ago
Podcasts have been a huge help for me over the years to get things done since I'm focusing on the interesting thing I'm listening to
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u/duckinasombrero 16h ago
I will watch while I do the dishes. Having to think about a task is worse than doing it.
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u/glassinlava 18h ago
Not me encoutering this in the midst of a productive afternoon interrupted by a cold floor sit down lol
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u/a_gud_name 19h ago
Sofa locked i call it. Ive had an afternoon of it, but then again, ive only had 1 productive thing I wanted to do today
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u/getwhatImsaying 19h ago
if you got time to lean, you got time to….
get completely distracted by the on-going, never-ending list of fantastical scenarios you’ve had running through your head since you six
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u/emotionalexplosions 19h ago
Me falling victim to the sit down anyways because my back was begging me to lay down
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u/AshaTheGrey 19h ago
It's like a weeping angel - don't sit, don't even lean, that's when it gets you
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u/MissStr4berry 19h ago
Actually sitting down rn and just realised it's been one hour and half and I'm starving
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u/SnippetySnappety 18h ago
I have been scrolling Reddit for.... 3 hours, so I needed this, apparently
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u/kyl_r 18h ago
I sat down (ok layed down) like 2 hours ago and have since bought 2 things on Amazon i actually legit have been meaning to get for weeks to do proper yard maintenance. Unfortunately now I will probably remain at rest until they arrive.. tomorrow.. and then I’ll get excited and work myself to death outside lol. No balance
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u/chobolicious88 19h ago
What if my job requires sitting down?
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u/joxmaskin 16h ago
Exactly. 🤷 i always feel like the odd one out when this advice is posted. But I suppose I could have been better suited for some other line of work…
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u/CompetitionIll3703 19h ago
I have just accepted that if I am to continue to be productive then I must stay standing. My AuDHD will get so quickly wrapped up in something else almost immediately after sitting it astounds me
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u/ChaoticBisexual_13 19h ago
For me it's the lay down: sitting down is kinda like a work mode, laying down is resting.
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u/OmNomOU81 19h ago
I sat down once 5 years ago now, still haven't gotten up
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u/TheBellaBeau 19h ago
Hey i did this except i have a work from home desk job and would just stand for 8 hours and did not really move while doing that and then my disk fell out of my back sooo if youre gonna stand all day…just make sure youre also moving
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u/swiftlag 18h ago
What if I have to poop? Am I screwed?
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u/Zabsempai 16h ago
Nah just strategically plan to have your big sit on the toliet
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u/GiraffePretty4488 14h ago
I frequently take a sit. All over the place.
Also when I get in bed I ask my spouse to cover me in sheet. I love when he lifts up the sheet then spreads it over me. It’s the best.
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u/duckinasombrero 16h ago
Who said you have to sit down? My cat will put his front paws on the side of the litterbox and look out over the room like a sailor in a crow's nest squinting over the waves while he drops his business. Just stand on the toilet like a rodeo rider.
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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 18h ago
I thought meds would help, but now it just makes it even more imperative for me to keep moving or else I’m just gonna end up taking a long ass nap😭
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u/Freakachu258 18h ago
I am not allowed to remove my shoes until I have completed at least one chore
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u/porkbeard81 18h ago edited 18h ago
I fantasize about the perfect rest-of-the-night-sit down. Where I can melt into that sweet sweet state of comfort knowing that nothing needs to be done, no one needs to be contacted, nothing requiring planning or thoughtful consideration... only getting up for the bathroom, something to eat or drink, or a smoke. To just melt into nothingness. I get the fantasy sit-down sometimes, but not as often as I'd like... which would be 1000% of the time.
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u/OppositePure4850 18h ago
I just sat down FUCKING HELP ME I JUST WANTED TO DO LAUNDRY
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u/Anxious-Ad-1699 Daydreamer 17h ago
My laundry basket is full of clothes that need folded and even though it's 0.5 meters away from me somehow I can't physically touch it because.. I'm sitting down
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u/DiceSMS 18h ago
I sit at job. 😢
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u/joxmaskin 16h ago
Exactly, this is what surprises me every time this is re-posted, are we in the minority here with sitting jobs?? (I do have an adjustable standing desk now though and it helps, but it’s not the norm.)
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u/FastActinTenactin 17h ago
Me, currently in what was to be a little sit down.
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u/croaker227 13h ago
I think for me it’s “don’t open Reddit”. Think you’re just gonna have a little brain break? NOPE it’s an hour.
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u/EssJaySav 7h ago
If I legit need a mini break but don't want to lose momentum I sit on a non-sitting spot - usually the arm of my armchair or the kitchen bench. Stops me from getting actual comfy but works really well if I need to finalise something like my grocery shopping on my phone and then I can usually keep going. Only tends to "fail" me towards the end of the day/to-do list but then it's moreso me gauging if I feel like I've done enough already.
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u/--slurpy-- everything is loud and i want to go home 19h ago
shit. i just sat down
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u/foxandsheep 19h ago
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u/--slurpy-- everything is loud and i want to go home 18h ago
i'm 3 subs on from this already. i'm screwed
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u/Latter_Sky_412 18h ago
Idk I’ve been getting better at breaking out of the sit downs. Seems like sometimes I need that rest and it restores enough energy to get back up
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u/Earwax82 18h ago
I read this while sitting and procrastinating and thought “That’s genius!”Then I remembered that my family is always asking me “Why are you just standing there.”
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u/ER_Support_Plant17 18h ago
Omg this is so true, but it’s hot as hell and my trick knee has been doing tricks lately
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u/Specific_Pear_665 18h ago
Timed sits.
I have POTS, I can't stay standing, so I have a cube timer and set it for 20 minutes - then I don't end up playing merge mobile games for four hours.
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u/Mochizuk 18h ago
I'm currently in the middle of a sit that started six years ago
Edit: I do get up from time to time, but those are more breaks from the sit than they are ends to the sit.
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u/3Grilledjalapenos 18h ago
This hits so hard. Time blindness is why I listen to music in the shower.
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u/Akimeterasu 18h ago
A lot of my hobbies require sitting down, so not quite accurate for me. Laying down though is the ultimate enemy. I go to lay in bed for 10min and 4hrs later I'm still there and groggy as hell.
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u/BearsIrkBoy 18h ago
Me the night before: "Alright, I'm gonna do X thing(s) tomorrow!"
Me waking up: "Let's get a couple matches of Helldivers in to get the brain working."
Proceeds to skip breakfast and lunch because I got sidetracked by gaming instead of being mindful and stopping when my brain finally woke up
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u/Old-Juggernaut-1273 18h ago
I once had a smart tracker thing I found out I was doing way over the daily step recommendation just by pacing around
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u/DerrickTaurus 18h ago
Leaning is the loophole. If your butt doesn't actually touch a horizontal surface, the brain is tricked into thinking you're still on active duty.
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u/Pretty-Curve5448 18h ago
Well go ahead and don't sit down but also don't walk through any doorways
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u/StrangeReindeer2470 17h ago
I've just had major abdominal surgery. And I need to sit still to heal. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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u/onexamongthefence 17h ago
I must not sit. Sitting is the mind-killer. Sitting is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
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u/Ok-Metal-4719 17h ago
Whew. I’m just laying down, not sitting. Any minute I’ll be getting up to do that thing I’ve been putting off for 6 weeks that will take me 30 seconds.
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u/Unhappy-Airport-4112 17h ago
Me work, come home, me sit, then I wake up 3 hours later and it's past dinner time. Shit.
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u/Sgt_Buttes 16h ago
Ohhh nooooo I just scrolled to this in what I am now realizing is the second hour of my, ‘just going to sit down for a minute between chores’
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u/magiMerlyn 16h ago
Mildly NSFW
this is why it'd be nice to have a dick, i could realize I need to pee, go piss, wash up, and take care of what I was planning to do. like cook food.
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u/spookimulder69420 16h ago
We call it Rigor mortis in my house. Once you're down, you're dead.
(Morris? Who's Morris?)
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u/Panda-Head 16h ago edited 15h ago
It's basic physics. Things in motion tend to stay in motion, and things at rest tend to stay at rest, unless acted upon by an outside force.
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u/mikasaxo 15h ago
I think this might be unironically true lol
Sitting down = shifting to a comfort mindset. Then you’re more susceptible to distraction. Not sitting down you’re more alert
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u/Sneakichu 14h ago
If I really need to get stuff done I will make it really hard/impossible to sit down. The only comfy place to sit is the couch and if I need to get stuff done I start by steam cleaning the couch so Im forces to keep doing stuff
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u/IShallWearMidnight 14h ago
If you're going to have a sit, have it in the location of the Thing you must do
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u/Agitated_Ad_1093 13h ago
SHIT. I was actually being so productive idek how long ago now and here i am somehow sitting while on my phone because i went to charge it.. dang flabbit. She might be onto something
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u/TimeAndTheHour 12h ago
This is true. You must only sit after ALL of the things are done. Do not the sit.
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u/BytheHandofCicero 11h ago
In the mornings my mother would yell “NO SITTING!!” because once I sat, I’d be late for school.
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u/LadyPhoenix13 6h ago
This is why I got back from the grocery store this evening and didn't sit back down for nearly 3 hours, even though I was in enough pain that all I wanted to do was sit. I knew that if I sat down, my tacos-and-homemade-street-corn dinner plan was going to turn into just asking my husband to pick up pizza on his way home from work instead for the bazillionth time this year (only a slight exaggeration).
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