Increasing attention span

**LucidFlanders** · 05-14-2011 02:59 AM

I'm so tired of having such a small attention span. There is lots i wanna learn but because mine is so poor i get tired of reading and wanna sleep and i really don't know much even now because of my poor attention span. Probably from video games, watching TV while i was growing up, poor sitting habbits, etc. A lot of times i don't wanna learn anymore as i find it pointless, i'll just get bored. So i was wondering if anyone knows some ways i can increase my attention span? i can't even read a book....i'll read 1 page and forget what i just read, and after a few pages i get so tired and sometimes go for a nap. I also have terrible memory.

**Siиdяed** · 05-14-2011 03:06 AM

Eat plenty of fruit and fish.

Exercise regularly.

Smile more.

Visit your family every so often.

**LucidFlanders** · 05-14-2011 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

Eat plenty of fruit and fish.

Exercise regularly.

Smile more.

Visit your family every so often.

Lawls...for real, though. I want to know. I can easily look on google but there are many many different things, and i may not need that particular thing.

**Marvo** · 05-14-2011 03:24 AM

Take medicine for ADHD.

**LucidFlanders** · 05-14-2011 03:33 AM

Originally Posted by Marvo

Take medicine for ADHD.

I've had that my whole life.

**nqwDE** · 05-14-2011 03:34 AM

Originally Posted by Marvo

Take medicine for ADHD.

Is this some kind of cruel, half assed joke?

**nqwDE** · 05-14-2011 03:34 AM

Originally Posted by lucidflanders

i've had that my whole life.

beat me too it.

**Marvo** · 05-14-2011 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by LucidFlanders

I've had that my whole life.

Cool. Sounds like stuff is boring you, because you don't find it interesting. Find something that interests you, and surely your attention span will magically expand. If nothing interests you, well that kind of sucks.

**Siиdяed** · 05-14-2011 06:00 PM

I was being pretty serious with my advice but I guess it's cool if you think you know better so whatever.

**Marvo** · 05-14-2011 06:22 PM

Yeah, Sindred's advice is also good. You should follow it.

**nqwDE** · 05-14-2011 09:12 PM

Oh. I see you do have ADHD. I thought Marvo was making a cruel joke on ADHD. Sorry.

**LucidFlanders** · 05-14-2011 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

I was being pretty serious with my advice but I guess it's cool if you think you know better so whatever.

Your post made it sound like you were just trolling to me. Sorry if you wern't.

**LucidFlanders** · 05-14-2011 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by TraceFleeman

Oh. I see you do have ADHD. I thought Marvo was making a cruel joke on ADHD. Sorry.

I have not got it tested if i really have it but i've been to "special" classes in school since grade 6. After high school and a few months of college to upgrade i was at a "special" school for 2 years where they said i'm still much too slow for them aka i'm an ultra dumbass. Heard of Sylvans Learning Centre? yeah...there. I hate school and i hate homework, so i never did it. I hate being this dumb but whatever, i've gotten used to it now. I'm 27 in a few months and on top of that i have SA. Working on changing myself slowly, and i really really wanna get a better attention span so i can stay focused at things i do or i'll stay in this rut for the rest of my life. Time for a change, i say.

**Replicon** · 05-15-2011 12:29 AM

Think of your attention span as a muscle. If you use it, it gets bigger and stronger. If you don't, it atrophies. So what this comes down to is, practice. Don't compare yourself to others; only compare to yourself. If you made progress, then that's great, no matter how far your final goal is.

One specific thing you could try is to meditate. If not that, then even just practice doing some task until you can't contain yourself and you get bored and move on to some other random thing. And every time you practice, write down how long it took. Compete with yourself. I would even say, add it to an excel spreadsheet, and plot out the progress, so you can really see how things are going.