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Do you guys have difficulties watching movies? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/adhd

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IDK if this is a normal thing for people with ADHD but do you guys find it hard to watch movies? There always super slow paced and require hours worth of your attention. I can watch movies but only if I really try and that's a very draining experience. I only like watching movies if I'm really high.

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[–] spankmonkey 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I have always had zero trouble warching engaging movies, especially if they move at a decent pace or the slowness builds up anticipation. I still have trouble keeping track of character names and sometimes forget the details, but staying engaged is often easy.

A boring movie though, I can watch for 30 minutes and not remember anything that happened because my mind wandered. Basically the movie or show version of realizing you weren't paying attention to the last 10 pages in a book.