Have you left like you just can't watch anime or TV Shows anymore?

[Silver7]

It's like when I was younger, I could easily sit down on my living room couch and fully focus on what I'm watching on TV .....But in this current day, when I'm in front of my TV, there are so many different thoughts surging through my mind that I literally can't focus on what I'm trying to watch. I don't know, it's like I just don't feel like I can stay still in order to watch the TV or watch anything online. (Okay there are actually times when I am able to sit still and watch a show but it's not that often that I feel like I can stay still) But seriously I mean there are so many different thoughts surging through my head that I literally can't focus on what I'm watching, why has my mind become this way?

Is this happening to any of you?

[NickRowler]

I guess I sort of get that. Life is short, I am not going to slog through a show/movie if I am getting nothing out of it.

I did watch a lot more anime when I was in college but I haven't really watch much recently. I don't know if it's the switch in tone/style of recent series. Or maybe not having the patients for a show that requires 8 - 10 hours to finish.

[2DLenzy]

Sounds like the classic ADD/OCD thing.

I don't watch tv anymore, like at all. Occasionally I'll sit down with my parents and enjoy some move or random show they're into, but I too struggle with staying focused. But it's mostly cause I'm tired, bored, or itching to do something "productive" - like aimless drawing, lol. I guess I'm just overexposed to tv/streaming stuff and I'm subconsciously want to stimulate myself in other ways? Doesn't help that I'm OCD and feel obligated to produce a few pages of a comic every week (though deadlines are helpful, cuz I'm lazy otherwise)

Guess it's just a part of growing up, and our time/focus-demanding society/responsibilities.

Maybe try allowing yourself to relax your mind a bit? It might take some practice and work, but the brain can be trained to calmly focus on command, mostly...Just have the intention to watch a show without any judging thoughts, observe, and find something enjoyable about it. Enjoy turning the brain off, if you can.

[JadeFang]

This may clear some things up

[KevinReijnders]

Partually age of social media I wager. Our attention spans have been irrevocably damaged by a constant stream of stuff. It's all too easy to get bored these days.

For me personally there's also the fact that most show and movies just don't interest me anymore. So much of what's produced these days feels dull and bland to me. Like I'm watching an endless repetition of the same thing, over and over again.

[Shanny8]

I can usually devote time to watching TV shows or anime at times, coz I treat it as part of my "self care" regimen- the same as with playing video games- I try to give time to those so that I dont focus on doing art and comics all the time and burnout burnout faster and longer...

[TheLemmaLlama]

there are so many different thoughts surging through my mind that I literally can't focus on what I'm trying to watch.

I guess I get interrupted by thoughts, but it's usually something like the show gave me an idea/reminded me of something I've been meaning to do/I have a sudden opinion on what I just watched or the show suddenly reminded me of an opinion I have about something else

I'd pause, jot down whatever the interrupting thought(s) were - and I do sometimes get sidetracked for a long time as I elaborate on those thoughts/those thoughts trigger more thoughts which I act on, etc. So I might leave a video paused for hours before coming back to it (and rewinding a few seconds to remind me what happened), or maybe just jot down the URL and timestamp of the video for later instead of finishing it XD

This works pretty well for me though; I personally never really felt "I can't watch stuff anymore" because of it Though a TV show you can't pause would probably be a problem, yeah :'D