I think my attention span's to long!

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?

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  • 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!

  • 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?

  • 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 

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  • 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 

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