Hard time staying with entertainment

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I am wondering if anyone else seems to have a hard time staying with entertainment. For example I can only watch an anime series for maybe 5 episodes and even that is pushing it. Books are easier. Stories online, maybe a few chapters. Tv shows just a few episodes. I don't know what this is but I am wondering if other people experience this and I just mean entertainment, not anything else.

I have ADD and usually cannot concentrate for more than 10 seconds. I find that doing other things helps as I have a hard time sitting still. For example, I might watch a movie and play a game on my iPod, or fold my laundry or something simple.

I agree. I find it very hard to sit through a whole film if I'm not at the cinema but it helps if I do something at the same time like having my laptop on or sewing or something. I don't watch much TV, but when I do I watch it on-demand or on DVD because then I can choose what to watch as my interests shift back and forth. (I have different moods, so sometimes I'll spend a week watching every episode of Jonathan Creek then drop it for six months before doing it all again.)

I can't stick with a show for more than 5 episodes at a time. A few days later I can go back. Movies are different though sometimes it is hard to watch the whole thing through at one time.

For a movie, two hours is pushing it. For books, I prefer novellas to novels. I can't stay with a long running TV series at all.

If the show or movie does not catch my eye I cant watch for more then 5 minute or so but if I like it I can read a 1000+ page books in one sitting.