#not related to whatever weird video feature tumblr is trying to implement

[rooksandravens]

I really hate short form video content. I feel like this isn't just a me-problem either. It seems very unfriendly to most ADHD brain havers.

I need the ability to pause and replay sections of a video without restarting that whole goddamn thing. I miss stuff or I have trouble understanding what has been said, but then I have to rewatch the whole first part of the video to see the part I missed (which is boring, so I usually lose focus before I get to the part I missed and then I miss it again. Aaaaghhhh!!)

Also, I want to be able to look at something else and use the picture-in-picture feature that works for regular videos. I'm speaking specifically about YouTube here, so this is probably different in other apps. I am bad at just watching a video. It's usually not enough stimulation, so I watch/listen to videos while looking at something else. If the phone can only play a video, the secondary activity can't happen on the phone. So, then I'm not watching the video at all because I can't focus on the screen and something outside of the screen at once.

Autoplay sucks. I don't have time to process or act on any of the thoughts I'm having before my brain is getting overloaded with more stuff. I feel overstimulated and confused and frustrated. I definitely disable autoplay whenever possible because I hate feeling like I'm forgetting everything. Give my memory some time to encode this shit, you bastards.

I feel like people would assume short videos are good for ADHD attention spans, but I only like hopping around to different topics when I am in control of the hopping. When technology is in charge, I feel like I'm on a rollercoaster in hell.

#rooksblogging #youtube #adhd #not related to whatever weird video feature tumblr is trying to implement #I'm not interested in using that so it's a non-issue