Who /noattentionspan/ here?
>Doomed in academics because no focus or interest
>Cant even watch TV or read books because mind drifts within 2 minutes and I end up going to do something else.
>End up spending days spending vast amounts of time doing nothing.
>Realise there is so much time I can't account for and don't remember.
>>24169642
Are you me? I thought I was literally the only one who is like this. Do you have some diagnosis? I can't even keep focus on conversations, after 2 minutes I just pretend to listen while my head is traveling through space and time. At the end of the day, I realize I don't remember 70% of the day.
I had this problem and I thought it was bad before, but it seems to getting even worse now. Typing up a post to completion (like this one) already feels like an achievement to me now.
I used to be able to read quite well, but the internet has caused my attention and willpower to atrophy severely. Just looking at a book for a few minutes feels like a chore, and I don't retain anything. It feels bad that I've dug myself into such a hole that makes it hard to improve.
add and autism
feels so bad i might kill myself
I'm exactly the same way. While I used to able able to read a book,it would take such a long time to finish because I would keep getting distracted. Now I can barely do it.
I think my short attention span is why I use this site so much. It provides the perfect type of stimulation my mind desires, and I wouldn't be surprised if it has made things worse on this front.
i wonder what diagnoses i would have received as a child if anyone actually gave a shit about me
maybe i wouldnt be where i am today
>>24169942
Yeah I feel like I've always had attention issues, but this site and the internet in general exacerbates them quite a bit. If I could quit I think my life would improve quite a bit.
>>24170029
then quit, it's literally simple. limit internet use to 1-3 hours a week maximum.
>>24169642
I am diagnosed with bipolar, but lately I've been thinking I might have add. I don't really care about the diagnosis though, I just want to be able to complete a fucking task without suddenly drifting away into my own head and realize it like 2 hours later.
>>24170096
That's easier said than done. I'd start feeling a great deal of pain and anxiety if I tried to quit.
Yeah I have this exactly. I went and saw a psychiatrist because I'd had people say it could be ADD/ADHD. I really thought she was going to help but she diagnosed me with OCD and gave me medication that made me want to kill myself.
I don't even really feel like a complete human any more. I lose so much time
>have 45 tabs open
anyone else do this? i keep losing focus and telling myself i'll go back and finish reading or whatever later. i rarely actually do it and only get rid of them when firefox crashes or i exit and fuck up opening my last session
