I just bought the new Spiderman Multiverse movie to watch with the family. The wife is sleeping through it and the kiddo loves it. But I’m to ADHD to sit through it. Ugh frustrating.

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I can barely handle a 8 minute online video

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But I can listen to a podcast. But I’m usually doing something else at the time.

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The only time I can listen to podcasts is on road trips. Anywhere else and I get distracted with something else and then I absorb none of it.

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1.5x default speed

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Yea I love movies but yea sometimes it can be tough.

Tbh getting high helps lol

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But then you’re on a whole other level. But true sometimes it slows the brain down a little. CBD is great too.

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I don’t get too high, just a little but enough for me to just wanna sit and relax

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Constant scrolling social media on your phone gifting you with small doses of dopamine causes this. I used to read a book every two weeks few years ago and I have reached a point recently where books were boring, movies were too long so I watched series only. Realization is the first step. Now you have to make steps to change this. I have swapped bedtime phone scrollig to reading and books again and lowered my daytime phone usage. I have also watch some educational youtibe videos instead of scrolling some social media. It has helped a lot and now I’m back into reading and much more patient.

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My wife spends an incredible time scrolling through TikTok and instagram reels but she is perfectly capable on sitting through 10 hours a day to watch a dorama, still I have a hard time finishing a movie when I barely use social media

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12 hour YouTube video, love it, 2 hour film, cannot

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LOL right!?!!?

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I can see some people having a hard time sitting through the Spider-verse movies since they’re so flashy. But yeah sometimes when I’m watching a movie I have a hard time following along with everything. I sometimes have to tell myself that it’s ok to glaze over and miss some details just so I don’t stress myself out.

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