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.

[–] rarWars@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This. I got the "physically unable to multitask" ADHD instead of the "needs multiple sources of stimulation" ADHD.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 13 points 3 months ago

I need exactly the right amount of stimulation or nothing is getting done. It is extremely variable.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

I find loud, fast/rhythmic music works best for me. Anything with a d-beat is generally solid, so metal (osdm, trad/speed, thrash, black) and punk (hardcore, crust) make up a chunk of my focus music, definitely not in the multiple sources category either, more of the "drown out everything else so I can only think of one thing" sort.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Same but I work from home with two elementary school aged kids during summer break, so I just suffer.

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