Jan 9, 2020
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Oh sure I get the notification that my textbooks were delivered LITERALLY as a I park to walk into class
forgive me if i'm wrong, but from the posts you've reblogged it seems you have adhd? and i was just wondering if you have any tips to read, most of the time i really really really want to read but i either become incredibly bored and distracted even if the book is good or like i'll be reading but i'll be thinking way too much to concentrate on what is happening and i can't get my thoughts to stop long enough to read more than a sentence and even that is a long shot :/
Boy howdy do I have ADD. I’m gonna be upfront here and say that I’m not ENTIRELY sure about the differences between being diagnosed ADD and ADHD (or if there’s a difference? I was diagnosed with ADD so that’s what I go with)
That being said… I wish I could help more. Reading is usually an all or nothing thing for me, kind of like either I’m hyperfocused on a book or I am not. I have found, though, that talking about books as I go keeps my mind on them (that’s right, my seemingly random tumblr updates or goodreads statuses serve a purpose!). It’s like taking a lot of tiny breaks but with the book in mind.
Also sometimes I listen to audiobooks while I clean.
Mostly though, I think this is one of the larger reasons I get upset with shoddy worldbuilding. I can’t absorb myself in a book if it doesn’t make sense. It breaks the chain. My attention wanders. I start wondering how it COULD make sense instead. I find myself staring at a wall, falling down the rabbit hole of ‘but that’s not how that works’. If the worldbuilding is thorough and immersive I stay in it better.
On the other hand if the worldbuilding is spoonfed to me and I’m not filling in some gaps, I also get bored. It’s a balancing act.
ALL OF THIS TO SAY…
I don’t know. If I really like a book I’m really into it. I have a hard time with books that are boring to me or not fantasy or sci-fi or funny. I’m much more likely to put a book down if it’s meh than if I hate it, because my brain is still wrapped in it making it work even if I’m having trouble reading the actual book?
Reading was through my childhood how I dealt with not working really well with my peers. It wasn’t even that all of them were horrible (only a few were, though those few were memorable) but more that they and I just didn’t think the same way, and I don’t mean politics or that I was smarter or that they were dumb or anything. My brain just worked differently. It was apparently a little disconcerting. I learned how to talk to people through books. Reading was how I coped.
So it might be that I read out of self defense and it remains my self-defense and that’s why it works for me. You may never have an easy time reading a traditional book. I have a harder time reading ebooks, for instance, or absorbing stuff on audiobook, but maybe those mediums will work better for you. Comics are fun too! Never let anybody tell you that reading a hardcopy book of only prose is the only way to read, okay?
Also I don’t mean to pry, but have you tried/are you on meds for your ADHD? They work really well for a lot of people!
Classes start again tomorrow expect even more delays in content than usual
After today I will have no internet or phone access for a week, so any asks or tags will be answered when I get back.
I want you all to know that I refuse to reblog those ‘reblog this or bad things will happen’ things. I think I did once and I felt super guilty for HOURS.
Immunity dogs all the way, y’all. SOMEONE MUST STOP THE CYCLE.
"I don't know, I just feel really pretty today," I tell my friend. "Like Wonder Woman."
Later, when I'm driving her home, she leans over and pats my leg.
"You should really try shaving above the knee," she tells me kindly.
My hair just looked nice when I took it down idk
Apologies for taking so long to update basically everything. My classes for the summer go a month at a time rapid fire (we're talking one exam a week plus one giant group project of a marketing plan made from scratch each class) and I am SWAMPED.