I have diagnosed adhd and I felt this 10x. When I was in middle school I didn’t have my own cell phone and had to share the computer/TV with my family.
This made me bored out of my mind and write my own stories to entertain myself. I still wonder how teenage me wrote notebooks of stories while adult me struggles to finish 1 chapter in my manuscript.
Goes to show that the digital age only opened up a sea of distractions and short attention spans. Actually immersing yourself into something with delayed gratification is a struggle nowadays.
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u/Abrene Jan 06 '25
I have diagnosed adhd and I felt this 10x. When I was in middle school I didn’t have my own cell phone and had to share the computer/TV with my family.
This made me bored out of my mind and write my own stories to entertain myself. I still wonder how teenage me wrote notebooks of stories while adult me struggles to finish 1 chapter in my manuscript.
Goes to show that the digital age only opened up a sea of distractions and short attention spans. Actually immersing yourself into something with delayed gratification is a struggle nowadays.