My brain squirrels cannot sit still long enough to focus on an ordinary news/current affairs website. It's all so painfully slow and boring. There was (a long time ago) a java script wall of news from all over the world that updated in real time. It closed years ago and I never found anything similar. It was just a wonderful mosaic of headlines and stories that didn't sit still. The mosaic felt alive and if something caught your attention you better click on it before it turns into something else! You kind of see things like this in some movies, where they look at a wall of info on a big screen and everything is moving and updating. It's not waiting for clicks. You have to chase it! Is there anything like that or maybe a site that lets you construct a bunch of real time feeds that update constantly?
p.s. I realise that to many what I'm describing probably sounds like hell on earth but to my brain squirrels it would be heaven π€£
(Update the first: Looks like the Feedbro Add-on in Firefox is the closest I'm going to get at the moment)
(Update the second: Thanks so much to geekwithsoul for finding that old javascript site I was talking about. I never thought I'd see it again. I've added a pic of what it looks like on my wide screen. Now that's what I call a wall of information β€οΈ)
What you're looking for is probably a RSS feed reader.
But seriously. Don't do that to your brain. It isn't heaven, also not for ADHD brains. Screens are very dangerous for us ADHD folks. The neverending circle of information will not satisfy your brain. I highly recommend you try to drastically reduce your screen time. You'll find that after even a short time away, the speed of the normal news cycle will be too much for you.
This person is not wrong. I'm sadly incapable of breaking the cycle, but for the short periods that I do, my depression is greatly alleviated. Abandoning reddit was probably had the most positive impact on my mental health of anything I've done in years.
Leaving reddit was also one of the best things I ever did for my mental health. Joining this place has been such a positive thing βΊοΈ
Thanks for your obviously well meaning reply but my brain has always worked this way. For decades... I play incremental online games half a dozen at the same time and watch news feeds that way too. Even before the web was born I would gather multiple tv's and have them play a whole array of programs simultaneously. I cannot watch movies in the cinema and I fast forward through everything I watch. I also watch almost any YouTube video at 2x speed. Not being able to flip between multiple sources constantly is a real and genuine struggle. I asked this question simultaneously to ChatGPT, by the way, and it agreed with you about RSS Feed readers π
Yeah, you've trained yourself. I noticed after a while when I was binging stuff, that I hadn't even gotten what it was about. I had listened to hours of podcasts without retaining anything that was in them. You can un-learn those habits. Your brain works like that because you (and the world around you) have trained it that way.
When's the last time you spent a day without a screen? Two days? A week? This is non-judgemental. I also have addiction patterns.
It's not that. I've always felt more comfortable when there is a lot of information in front of me (hence my original question). I love shopping in large supermarkets for example. All those packages and brands, colours and words. It literally makes me happy and I often walk around just smiling because my brain feels peaceful when there's lots happening all around me. The caveat to that is if I'm being compelled to do anything in particular with this information by anyone, like a teacher or a manager. So long as there are no bad consequences if I don't take in all the information and process it according to someone else's rules, then it's blissful. It also makes me basically unemployable, which is why I've mostly run my own businesses all my life! π€£ Also, because of this, I didn't have a very good time at school, specially at a time when no one knew about ADHD. The habits I've described may look like addictions but they aren't. It's just the way my brain has worked for over half a century now.
Are you taking anything for your ADHD? Because you are describing very clear addiction patterns for dopamine.
I've never taken any medication and don't intend to. The thing I'm obviously not successfully getting across though is that what I'm describing to you is not an uncomfortable life in any way. I love the way my brain works π Really I'm just after a news reader of some kind that would work at the same speed that my brain hoovers up information. Also, I think you've probably called me an addict enough times now thanks.
I asked chatgpt and it said you could become a computer if you eat a whole bag of microchips