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I think part of what I missed when I wrote this is that by reading this article, we aren't exactly doing what the article is suggesting is the right thing to do : get off the computer and read a fucking book. Fair point to them that this article is from a print magazine and we are reading the online version, but I'm not doing the "recommended path for not being an illiterate pig".
It's weird, I have a varied history when it comes to books but it does feel like having done a lot of reading as a youth did help me avoid *some* of the negative repercussions of spending so much time watching tv and going on the internet. But I do have a frayed attention span that therapists keep saying isn't ADD/ADHD but does bother me.
Side note : I hate my mental state. It feels like I have some parts of a few different disorders but not enough of it to be an actual diagnosis. Except the millennial favourite of anxiety/depression.
Have you been tested for ADHD? I had a therapist tell me the same thing. He was wrong.