A few nights ago I was trying to read a book, and there was a dog across the road who wouldn't stop barking. I was reading a single page for 15 minutes until I was finally able to tune him out.

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Headphones with white noise when it gets really bad

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago

Haha, I actually had earbuds on with brown noise playing, but I could still hear the barking faintly. My brain just decided to hyper focus on it :/

[–] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Samw with videos. Skip back, ok here's the part where my mind drifted away last time, let's focus... why did it happen again?!

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'm looking at you PBS Spacetime...

[–] Robochocobo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I am in this message and I don't like it 😅

[–] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've been firmly diagnosed with ADHD, once when I wasn't even being tested for it, but ADHD markers were high enough that they asked if I was seeking treatment for it. That being said, I can read books just fine. I've read tons, and not just fiction. I have several nonfiction books about scientific topics I'm into. I'm currently reading a book about British royalty just because I like David Mitchell's comedy.

I cannot imagine that I'm special. I'm certain that there are other ADHD power readers. It's a way to hyper focus after all. I know sitting to read is a common problem area, but not always.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

I read a ton, but this still happens to me. I'll read an interesting line, and then start thinking about the implications, and what I would do if I were the author, and then all the things that you could do with this information, and then I'm at the bottom of the page and realise I didn't pay attention to what I was reading because I got distracted by my own thoughts lol

[–] prosthetiknow@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You guys are reading a whole page? I couldn’t even get through the meme without a re read!

[–] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

that's not even a joke!

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Rip

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Copy the assigned reading and paste it into Speechify.

TTS is a fucking godsend for this kind of shit.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

I find audiobooks are better for me for this. It still happens, but it bothers me less unless I know something big was happening

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I look at it as getting all the different meanings from the words