Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?
Aeao@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoDon’t listen to them. I have severe adhd. Like they have me in training videos back when I was a kid.
I spend all day everyday with an earbud in my ear. I don’t really like music so it’s podcasts all day everyday.
You can absolutely experience life fully like this. I walk more than anyone I know. I can point out stars in the sky and how the andromeda galaxy would look in the sky. I watch birds, I walk on the beach every night.
And other times I just let my mind wonder wherever it goes. I think about my day, the people I care about, how I can do more and better.
I do it all with an earbud in my ear. Only one, but always one.
Don’t let people tell you how to live.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yeah I have ADHD too, professionally diagnosed and medicated, but even all the NTs I know don’t just drool off into nothingness, this thread is eye-opening honestly.
Aeao@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s not drooling off no more than you’re spacing out in music. It’s just life.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Life is active thought. I don’t space out to music at all, I don’t “space out” period, I stay engaged actively with the world.
Aeao@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My point exactly. When I’m listening to a podcast I’m also 100 percent in the moment. The problem is I’m normally 150 percent of chaos. The podcast bring me down to an enjoyable normal level