How does one beat restlessness, modern AHDD-tier attention spans and the general dopamine addiction?
I want to really focus on writing, studying and reading specifically, but it always feels like something is lacking and I have to really work to stay focused. What do I do?
I think DFW wrote (or tried to write) about this specific problem.
>AHDD-tier
by spelling adhd right.
boy, you got it bad, kid.
please help me
Well, the only thing that matters in life is the power of curation. What you allow into your eyes, what you allow yourself to think about and to talk about and to write about and to do whatever the fuck about. It's the only thing that matters. That problem right there that you're gripping with is you're letting very low level systems dictate how you respond to high level problems. Let me just say that. You have to rise. Einstein said something about that. Rise to the...? It's important to tackle those things. If you're not looking at things with different perspectives and different masks on, you know what I mean? You try different things, you get results by playing games with your own brain, because it's a machine video game. So you might as well work with it, and not against it.
Charls, please
Alright, here's what I did:
>1. Medication
Ritalin, Medikinet, whatever. It'll save your life.
>2. Background noise.
Have something you can listen to while you work. A podcast, an audiobook, whatever. Having something in the background to occupy your, let's say, secondary attention will help you immensely. Nothing you have to explicitly focus your entire attention on, but something that runs in the background, so, nothing you REALLY want to know. No new episodes of your favorite show, for example.
3. Paraphrase.
At the end of a second, paraphrase what you learned in short, easy to remember sentences. Mnemonic devices help a lot. This is a pitfall if you have to make large, super detailed essays, however.
>4. Try fidget toys.
As much as they're a meme now, they were actually developed for autistic people and people with ADHD
>5. Fuck it
cheat if you have to. Since I speak german, my trick, if all else failed was to google it in english, then translate it back into german. This only works if you still go to school, obviously, but whatever.
The first two sound like band-aids. Especially the second one. Is it really helpful to just feed my attention deficit by adding more backgroudn noise? Shouldn't I aim for a cold turkey sort of thing, where I force myself to devote all my attention to something without any distractions?
Thanks for the helpful tips anyways, especially no. 3 is something I'll aim to try out
>The first two sound like band-aids. Especially the second one.
No. Trust me. If you have ADD or ADHD you process information differently. Medication is necessary. Having background noise will help you immeasurably. There is no "going cold turkey" if you have ADD or ADHD. Forcing yourself will not work. People who tell you otherwise are dipshits and don't know what they're talking about.
You can't "force yourself" to grow taller, or to not be lactose intolerant.
Do what you want, but 1. and 2. will legitimately help.
>tfw the OP already stop paying attention to this thread
A friend of mine finished university and 2 masters degrees having dyslexia and ADHD. When i asked her how did she do it, she told me that she simply refused to give up. She would read a book until she finished it, even if it took way longer than "normal" people.
not op but whenever I read I have to reread sentences about 10-20 times before I can understand them
I'm well into adulthood and english is my first language
does this mean I have some sort of learning disability? or is this just the result of shitposting on here and being neet for 3 years?