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by falcolas 2119 days ago
How to be truly indistractable?

Step 1: Don't be on the "less control" side of the "control over attention" bell curve.

Step 2: There is no step 2.

Distractions are not simply, as the author puts it, "your brain ducking challenging feelings". Distraction is your concentration slipping your control. Some people have that control. Others don't. And most lie somewhere in the middle where reducing inputs can help, but your brain isn't solely distracted by external stimuli.

Accept it, work around it, move on. Note that, on the "less control" extreme end of the "control of attention spectrum", working around it may require medication and psychiatric training - CBT - as it describes ADHD.