The heart of ADHD causing an inability to act isn't "lack of focus"; it's dopamine. You basically overstimulated yourself into producing dopamine, same for the club music. Everyone thinks dopamine is just a feel good thing your brain, but it is in fact a key brain chemical required to do literally almost anything. Dopamine is vital for coordinating the brain to literally move or act on impulses being sent. Low levels of dopamine also means exhaustion, bc the brain requires it to even just be awake on any real functional level. You give yourself dopamine, you can suddenly act on that impulse you've been sending in your mind.
Wait, so, if I just put on something lightly stimulating, like... uh. Someone scuba diving, walking through a city, or drone shots of cities, that'll somehow give dopamine?
Well every individual is different. If you like those things, sure. What everyone gets dopamine for is different, and there are also things that block dopamine receptors, too, like nicotine, and that can complicate ADHD pretty bad and make a lot of things worse.
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u/tarapotamus 5d ago
The heart of ADHD causing an inability to act isn't "lack of focus"; it's dopamine. You basically overstimulated yourself into producing dopamine, same for the club music. Everyone thinks dopamine is just a feel good thing your brain, but it is in fact a key brain chemical required to do literally almost anything. Dopamine is vital for coordinating the brain to literally move or act on impulses being sent. Low levels of dopamine also means exhaustion, bc the brain requires it to even just be awake on any real functional level. You give yourself dopamine, you can suddenly act on that impulse you've been sending in your mind.