I will be watching a three hour video essay, get distracted, read posts on Lemmy, then go back to my video 15 minutes later. I realize I have no idea what was said in the last 15 minutes so I have to back up to the last point I definitely know I wasn't distracted. It will take me ten hours to watch that video.

So peaceful. I need at least three screaming voices to avoid the Internal Carnival Music 🎪

Oh my, no. This is like a list of the worst things for me.

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.

When the power goes out and that fan stops, it's the quietest thing you've ever imagined. It shouldn't even be possible. I hate it.

The fan thing really hit me. Ceiling fan, 7 years, only stopped it to dust.....when the power goes out

you cant stop me when im at my playing factorio while consuming live streams in the background at 1.5x speed, i am too powerful for you.

Where are the fidget toys, sound of TV in another room, and 6 open beverages scattered about? How is this person staying so focused despite being so dehydrated!?

I have a big fan in my room and when I get on calls with friends, they ask if I'm in the factory. Apparently the fan sounds like heavy machinery in the distance. Got a new AC and it only adds to the factory ambience lol. My friends aren't bothered by it, thankfully

This sub makes me think I have ADHD. Constant multitasking (audiobooks with whatever other brainless activity), or else so hyperfixated on a thing that I forget to eat, 4 empty cups of water at my desk, putting off responding to texts and then three days later realizing i never responded at all, forgetting about a problem I need to fix or errand I need to run until something reminds me of it.

Just juggling a bunch of interests because, with a day job, there's really no way to simply hold on to each one for very long.

Oh and then smoking marijuana.

Wait, is a constantly running fan and ADHD thing? Because I have like 4 going right now... And rarely are they turned off.

damn so that's what my whole deal is huh?

oh I can't do two movies at once. one of each thing. I have limits :)

My setup: dual screen, on one of them there's YouTube always on with some booktuber or d&d campaign, private and work chats, on the other screen browser and terminals. The fan that's sucking my vape fumes next to my desk has been running non stop for a couple of years. I sometimes turn it down to one, but it's always on. Sometimes the browser/terminal combo gets replaced by Project Zomboid. I'm in this chair 10-18h per day, almost every day. I'm okay. Everything's okay.

I've gone through multiple fans already because of this...

You forget the random book/magazine that's read and the crosswords/doodling on paper.

Isn't this more of a normie thing? I can't split my attention like that; I have ADHD. One task at a time, and even that's a struggle. I find myself constantly rewinding what I'm watching over and over cause I keep missing a line of dialog. Couldn't even imagine having to do that with multiple pieces of media at once. I'd probably have a panic attack lol

There are different types of ADHD.

Although I only go into theboffice twice a week, I have a little fan that has been running almost nonstop for 4+ years that helps with the offixe background noise.

I turned it off once for three minutes before turning it right back on again. During the winter I point it away from me.