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I think I have some sort of weird ADHD combined with a stoic outlook. I want to see all the new, shiny things, but I also understand that I can't, and nothing bad happens if I don't, so I accept that I'll just miss some things.

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I agree. I think it is necessary to accept (as in 5 steps of acceptance) that is not possible to process all the shiny things. Keeping bookmarks and not closing tabs thus indicates an early phase off the acceptance process, probably denial.

While I don't deny existence of mental challenges like ADHD, anxiety/depression, IMHO these conditions are overdiagnosed and overprescribed by medical establishment.

I'm a bit neurodivergent myself, although it comes with advantages, it also comes with things that make other parts of life harder. Humans are humans at the end -- not a DSM-5 citation.

But modern media is somewhat designed to be addictive to generate ads and revenue -- endless content and scrolling, links...Im referring to news sites but social media is way way worse...

Acceptance is good advise -- I think each person is capable of adapting and learning to function on a high-level.

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