I will be watching a three hour video essay, get distracted, read posts on Lemmy, then go back to my video 15 minutes later. I realize I have no idea what was said in the last 15 minutes so I have to back up to the last point I definitely know I wasn't distracted. It will take me ten hours to watch that video.

So peaceful. I need at least three screaming voices to avoid the Internal Carnival Music 🎪

Oh my, no. This is like a list of the worst things for me.

I can't concentrate on something if they're are voices in the background, my brain forces me to focus on the voices, I can't tune them out to focus on my main task.

So when I'm working, music helps me focus a little, but it MUST not have vocals. No-Vocals Vaporwave/Synthwave is my jam.

I could never watch two films at the same time, or have a podcast on while I'm trying to watch a film, etc, I hate distractions and background noises while I'm trying to focus on a film.

If I tried to watch two films at once... my brain would just be overwhelmed and I'd be able to watch neither.

I also hate noise in general and cherish blissful silence, so while I do run a fan when it gets very hot, I do my best to avoid it.

Quiet silence is best, the more things like noise assault my senses the more I feel oppressed in my own brain.

When the power goes out and that fan stops, it's the quietest thing you've ever imagined. It shouldn't even be possible. I hate it.

The fan thing really hit me. Ceiling fan, 7 years, only stopped it to dust.....when the power goes out

you cant stop me when im at my playing factorio while consuming live streams in the background at 1.5x speed, i am too powerful for you.

Where are the fidget toys, sound of TV in another room, and 6 open beverages scattered about? How is this person staying so focused despite being so dehydrated!?

I have a big fan in my room and when I get on calls with friends, they ask if I'm in the factory. Apparently the fan sounds like heavy machinery in the distance. Got a new AC and it only adds to the factory ambience lol. My friends aren't bothered by it, thankfully

This sub makes me think I have ADHD. Constant multitasking (audiobooks with whatever other brainless activity), or else so hyperfixated on a thing that I forget to eat, 4 empty cups of water at my desk, putting off responding to texts and then three days later realizing i never responded at all, forgetting about a problem I need to fix or errand I need to run until something reminds me of it.

Just juggling a bunch of interests because, with a day job, there's really no way to simply hold on to each one for very long.

Oh and then smoking marijuana.

damn so that's what my whole deal is huh?

oh I can't do two movies at once. one of each thing. I have limits :)

I've gone through multiple fans already because of this...

My setup: dual screen, on one of them there's YouTube always on with some booktuber or d&d campaign, private and work chats, on the other screen browser and terminals. The fan that's sucking my vape fumes next to my desk has been running non stop for a couple of years. I sometimes turn it down to one, but it's always on. Sometimes the browser/terminal combo gets replaced by Project Zomboid. I'm in this chair 10-18h per day, almost every day. I'm okay. Everything's okay.

Wait, is a constantly running fan and ADHD thing? Because I have like 4 going right now... And rarely are they turned off.

Isn't this more of a normie thing? I can't split my attention like that; I have ADHD. One task at a time, and even that's a struggle. I find myself constantly rewinding what I'm watching over and over cause I keep missing a line of dialog. Couldn't even imagine having to do that with multiple pieces of media at once. I'd probably have a panic attack lol

You forget the random book/magazine that's read and the crosswords/doodling on paper.

There are different types of ADHD.

Diagnosed ADHD and hyperactive dude here.

Multitasking is a skill which deminishes with age (by exoerience). What you are refering to is information overload - you are not providing feed to your brain but draining your lifetime.

Imho this is due to bad habits not ADHD. You are still capable of restricting your attention to more sustainable things. Or to things others may benefit from. To me it is egoistic..!

Although I only go into theboffice twice a week, I have a little fan that has been running almost nonstop for 4+ years that helps with the offixe background noise.

I turned it off once for three minutes before turning it right back on again. During the winter I point it away from me.