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I think my attention span's to long!

TheCatWoman

I was talking with a friend the other night about why I find things like you-tube and other social media unappealling, why it dosen't hook me in the way it does so many other people. I think it's because my attention span is too long and possibly to deep, although he laughed and said I was trying to  big myself up. If I want to learn about something or get into to something then I want at a good hour to sink into sink into it, to immerse myself in it, at least, maybe days or weeks, or even years, I do come up for air and do all the normal things of life and switch off for a bit and read something else of watch telly, but I don't feel distracted.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about and what I'm trying to describe?

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    This is something that consumes my attention and relaxes me, I used to write these pages of numbers as a kid and teen and now as I have a lot of stress, I use this coping strategy again. I got obsessed about reading and watching about autism so the numbers also help me to stop it. Maybe it looks idiotic or weird, it definitely makes no sense, so don’t try to look for it there 

  • in reply to Alien0n3arth

    If I get tired or bored I will do something else either for a short time or I will give up the project for good

    Sorry I don't understand what you mean about your pages of numbers, is the picture cutting off some of the text?

  • Yes, I know it. But I often get tired of the topic I work on but the invisible force pushes me to do that more and more. So now I can’t set myself free from autism and this as a relax:   it’s not just a one page it’s whole notebook with these numbers. Wonderful brain massage!

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    I don't know why are people afraid to listen to thier own thoughts?

    I think they are afraid of finding out what they really think rather than what they should think according to societies standards.

    I admit there are times it is nice to dance with those inner demons then put them away again at the end - not many can do that I fear.

  • in reply to Iain

    I find that too, or I can go really deep into myself and work out problems and how to defuse the big red mental danger buttons.

    Most people find it odd that I like to spend these times in silence too, but then many people find my liking of and need for silence odd, I don't know why are people afraid to listen to thier own thoughts?

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    I actually find doing things like like the flooring you described can be quite meditative, they occupy the hands whilst leaving the mind free.

    I do find myself having the most interesting (to me) inner dialogues about stuff that can go on for hours.

    No need to censor my opinions, be needful of hurting anyones feelings or being boring when I am both speaker and audience. I consider it a public service at times...

  • in reply to Iain

    I don't have ADHD, but I do get the hyperfocus thing, I actually find doing things like like the flooring you described can be quite meditative, they occupy the hands whilst leaving the mind free.

  • I understand this feeling - I have some parts of my job that have me doing the same thing repeatedly sometimes for days at a time (eg laying a wooden floor made up of 7x21cm wooden block that all need to be glued down by hand, or preparing and painting a while house), I can spend hours researching something that caught my interest or I can struggle to keep my interest on one thing more more than a few seconds depending on what state my mind is in.

    I guess it is the aspects of hyperfocus and ADHD that can sometimes become dominant.

    I've found mental discipline exercises are quite effective at getting the ADHD under control though, but oddly if can feel quite liberating to let it run free for a while.

    The ND mind is a complex and amazing thing sometimes. Other times is it a crazy dogfight or a bowl of mush - still complex but perhaps a bit less amazing LOL.