Does anyone know how to help a short attention span?!


Question: Does anyone know how to help a short attention span!?
I haven't been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder or anything that serious but I have a growing attention problem, whereby I will begin work on a specific task or project and easily get distracted or change what I am doing!.

Even in things as simple as listening to the ipod, I am forever skipping tracks after 30 seconds as I lose interest!.

Is this a common problem!? Any help and advice would be deeply appreciated as it's starting to affect my workWww@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
I have ADD but I refuse to take medication because of the known affects it can have!.
What I have to do is train myself to pay attention to one thing!.
How I do that is I pinch myself when my mind starts to wander and I play with pens/pencils under my desk while I'm at school!.
Also meditation helps a lot!.
I do it at night before I go to bed and it helps me sleep too!.
I'm not saying sit with your legs crossed and hum!.
What I do is just lay down how I feel most comfortable and just focus on breathing!.
If my mind starts to wander I just go right back to breathing!.
It took a few weeks before I wasn't as distracted but it's the best thing for me!.

Hope I helped!Www@Answer-Health@Com

ADD is a very common problem and they do have prescription medications that will help you concentrate longer on one task, unfortunately they do have side effects like drowsiness and upset stomach!. You can ask your doctor about them but there is no cure and unfortuantely you really can't train your brain into being more focused but you can try and find jobs that are more active to help keep you busy!. They say jobs like stock broking, firefighter etc!.!. really busy active jobs are best for those with ADDWww@Answer-Health@Com

As a child I was brought up listening to the radio, this had a great effect on my life as it taught me to listen and more importantly understand what was being said!.
The big shock came when TV reared its nubile head and enchanted us all with a load of drivel that has plagued our minds for years ever since!.
It is a great comfort when now and then my wife and I decide to have a mind clearance and switch the bally Teli off for a few weeks reverting back to the good life riding the radio waves!.
Give the radio a go, a couple of serials, a play,a goon show or two and believe me your attention problems should sort themselves out as you concentrate on who said what and who replied to whom and of course WHY!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

try the little squishy balls that are at Wall-mart they look like a soccer ball or foot ball or baseball!. they are like a foam and you can squish them and they ALWAYS go back to there original shape!.wen your at work put one in each pocket and squeeze wen ever!.(they are also fun to play with wen it comes to playing ball in the house :) )Www@Answer-Health@Com





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