I used to do this. Since I was a child, but it’d regularly trick me into thinking I’d done the thing. I’d have mentally done it so it was checked off the brain list, then someone would be upset later but I swore I had done it!
This would also escalate in the morning when I’d fall back asleep and dream about going about my day, then wake up late thinking I was already on my way to work or school.
My way around this is to do “incomplete” simulations. I just need an idea of how it’d feel to be on the task, not finished it. Never simulate to the end, or one of two things will happen: 1. waking up to the harsh reality where it is not done yet, 2. thinking it is done.
E. g. when I need to go grocery shopping, I simulate how I get up, shoes on, grab a bag, think about whether I need a jacket or umbrella, get out of the door, start walking. How would that feel?
I used to do this. Since I was a child, but it’d regularly trick me into thinking I’d done the thing. I’d have mentally done it so it was checked off the brain list, then someone would be upset later but I swore I had done it!
This would also escalate in the morning when I’d fall back asleep and dream about going about my day, then wake up late thinking I was already on my way to work or school.
I try to only do this for large tasks now.
My way around this is to do “incomplete” simulations. I just need an idea of how it’d feel to be on the task, not finished it. Never simulate to the end, or one of two things will happen: 1. waking up to the harsh reality where it is not done yet, 2. thinking it is done.
E. g. when I need to go grocery shopping, I simulate how I get up, shoes on, grab a bag, think about whether I need a jacket or umbrella, get out of the door, start walking. How would that feel?
I described it in more detail here: https://lemmy.ml/post/36147982