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I've finally started reading theory (lemmygrad.ml)
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After more than 2 years of being a supposed communist I've finally started reading theory. Before I only learned from videos/video essays, discussion threads and all your posts and memes but now I've finally started reading the source material. I tried two sperate times last year but I just couldn't focus and my mind would just wander off or I literally couldn't focus (my vision would just get blurry and I had to force my eyes to focus on the text continuously) so I got discouraged and stopped trying. But this time I'm listening to audiobooks and they have really helped me. My reading has improved too and I can even focus better (It's not perfect but I've improved from last time).

Thanks for all the links, resources and guides you've posted on this site, thank you my comrades.

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[–] 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I like to listen to an audio book while playing a relatively brain free video game and then listen to it again while reading along later. The first pass is just to get my brain used to the general concepts, vocabulary and writing style and the second pass gets the ideas really locked down.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    This is a combo that surprises me as to its effectiveness, but sometimes works significantly better than trying to devote my attention to the audio alone. Granted, if the game is too involved, I'm gonna go in and out on listening, but if it's "brain free" enough as you put it, I can actually remember what was in the audio better sometimes. Best I can guess is it's because the associations made in my brain between playing the game and the content of the book are stronger than listening in the abstract. I've also tended to think it has something to do with ADHD brain in my case, that the listening alone can be weaker because I get more easily distracted, whereas the right kind of game somehow stabilizes my attention enough overall.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    The way I think of it is my brain is a bit too busy to focus just on the text. I need to distract my motor brain, my visual brain and my repetitive tasks brain. Then my audio and informational brain can do their job without getting distracted. When I try to just listen or read the text my motor brain is sitting there idling and I have to keep using some attention to keep the breaks on or it will spin off into a ditch.

    A interesting trick I have also found is reading in the bath. Something about being in the water makes my motor brain go into a dormancy mode where it doesn't interrupt.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago*

    Sensory seeking stuff to stabilise an ADHD brain is a classic. I recently found that wobble cushions are used for ADHD kids (a 80-90% inflated exercise cushion pad thing) and they work surprisingly well as either directly sat on seat cushions or as wobbly foot rests for ADHD adults too. It helps they aren't that expensive either!

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