Do you have a pathetically short attention span?

i have a short ass attention span.

it's even worse in school

like i can zoom out bad if the lesson doesn't interest me

but all in all i have a short ass attention span

I'll be watching a movie then I'll pause it to watch tiktoks. Afterward, I'll check my twitter and youtube. Then go play the movie again and the cycle repeats...

I have it, like I can't even watch a long YouTube video and I just stick to watch short videos for entertainment because I can't focus for a long time on a long video

I can't watch long movies of 2 hours like... And I hate when Netflix series episodes are 1h long each and I'm forced to watch it at a different speed lol

No, I don't. I have raised a daughter so patience is definitely a virtue. I can also stick to tasks and don't deviate.

i can focus if i have to but most of the time i kinda just space out

No. I wasn't allowed to have a phone until I turned eighteen and my time on the family computer was limited to 30 minutes per day, so my attention span is pretty good.

When I was bored my dad always said "oh, so you think you could pass your college entrance exam tomorrow? No? Then you're lazy, not bored."

You bet I learnt how to focus on my hobbies for hours at a time.

Yes

My brain wanders so much it's actually concerning

Only if I am really bored and procrastinating on something so I switch between a lot of different things. But, I've never heard of something like having trouble concentrating on something that's fun, or long form entertainment. I would only get distracted from school or work, or if I was reading a difficult book or something, not a movie or show.

I would want to ask did you always do that, or when did that start? I would guess you watched long movies/videos/episodes without pausing them, at least once in your life. And you would have stayed focused on something at least a couple times in your life.

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I have it, like I can't even watch a long YouTube video and I just stick to watch short videos for entertainment because I can't focus for a long time on a long video

I can't watch long movies of 2 hours like... And I hate when Netflix series episodes are 1h long each and I'm forced to watch it at a different speed lol

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I'll be watching a movie then I'll pause it to watch tiktoks. Afterward, I'll check my twitter and youtube. Then go play the movie again and the cycle repeats...

I would like to ask you guys too, you definitely have watched movies from start to finish before in your life right? So then do you mean just only these days, when you watch it on your computer or something, you get distracted in the middle?

yuh. GG and get coffee.

Edit: if my assumption is right ( not saying what it is tho ) a large amount of caffeine might sit you down and steady your focus. Definitely try it when you have a whole day to waste.

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Only if I am really bored and procrastinating on something so I switch between a lot of different things. But, I've never heard of something like having trouble concentrating on something that's fun, or long form entertainment. I would only get distracted from school or work, or if I was reading a difficult book or something, not a movie or show.

I would want to ask did you always do that, or when did that start? I would guess you watched long movies/videos/episodes without pausing them, at least once in your life. And you would have stayed focused on something at least a couple times in your life.

I would like to ask you guys too, you definitely have watched movies from start to finish before in your life right? So then do you mean just only these days, when you watch it on your computer or something, you get distracted in the middle?

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I get distracted ofc and for example I just start using my phone even while watching a movie or a series

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I get distracted ofc and for example I just start using my phone even while watching a movie or a series

Understandable

But what if the movie is really engrossing or something

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Understandable

But what if the movie is really engrossing or something

I guess I can be multitasking and following a movie even by being on the phone once in a while

Or simply I can stop the movie to answer a text or doing something else and then continue it

Yes and that's why I watch everything at x2 speed

Yeah cuz I have ADHD, lol

I will open up my laptop and forget I was supposed to do my homework

and then scroll on my phone for an hour

and then remember I was supposed to do something (now I can't remember)

and then watch TV (and then get distracted)

and then finally remember I was supposed to be doing something important

(and then I'll scroll on Instagram for an hour)

The cycle of forgetting and having a short attention span never ends.