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  • Vengefu1 Tuna@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    you haven't watched the movie.

    I know this is a common experience with ADHD, but somehow I'm the opposite. Visual media makes me hyper focus. As a kid, I was usually the only one still awake at the end of a late night movie. If there's a tv on and someone is trying to talk to me, it takes a lot of effort to focus on what's being said to me. I can't put things on in the background unless it's just music. Does anyone else experience this?

    • hglman@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Thats a fairly common aspect of ADHD, hyperfocus on some specific domain. Its like we min/max what we think about.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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      1 year ago

      I don't to my knowledge have ADHD but if there's a movie on it's hard for me to completely ignore it. I memorably had to switch seats at a restaurant once with my partner at the time because I could see some shitty movie playing behind them and it was too distracting

    • Sharkwellington@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Very similar experience for me, even down to being the last one awake. If someone wants my full attention the movie has to be paused.