a tumblr classic!
- you place an overdue library book on the floor in front of the front door. the library book merges seamlessly with the environment. six weeks later, you trip over it on your way out the house to go to the library.
You got the last part wrong. I tripped over it on the way home from the library...
Wait, were you going to the library? I'm sure there was somewhere else you need to go to run errands. Was it the grocery store? Better check the pantry and fridge to see what you need. End up on the couch eating and watching TV for the rest of the day.
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?
Thats a fairly common aspect of ADHD, hyperfocus on some specific domain. Its like we min/max what we think about.
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
I'm easily mesmerized by televisions and have been my entire life!
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.
A lot of these are fairly common experiences, though, right? Or do I have undiagnosed ADHD?
