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 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] AnarchoYeasty@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I always thought I was just weird for how much I focus on politics and programming. Recently discovered I have ADHD and it makes so much more sense now.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] reedbend@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I'm easily mesmerized by televisions and have been my entire life!

[–] Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Definitely me. I'm big time into movies because when I was a kid my parents, my brother and I would all watch movies together. Legitimately like 3 times a week.

I was ALWAYS the last one awake. I'd get up, put my brother to bed, and let my parents sleep.

I could also quote the movie exceedingly well even after one watch at a young age - just because the world around me basically ceased to exist when a flick was on.

Mom would sometimes wake up and go to bed in their bedroom on her own and I wouldn't notice, with her sitting 5 feet from me.

[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 2 points 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.

[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same for the most part, but I do often put on a familiar movie to be in the background. Usually extended LotR series while I play switch or something.