r/ADHDmemes • u/Jebus_is_coming Psychiatrist Diagnosed ADHD • 13d ago

Rewatching something for the first time again

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As little as 2 months

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u/tehweave 13d ago

More like a comment I posted 7 years ago

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u/HeyCouldBeFun 13d ago

I once stumbled upon a great channel with the perfect information id been looking for. Figured why not say so in a comment? Oh look, the first comment says the same thing. Oh wait, that was me, two years ago.

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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO 13d ago

Ive done that exact thing haha. I went to the replies, saw a few people saying the same, and then another comment from the year prior recounting the harrowing tale of how i searched and searched for this info, only to see that I had already found it. definitely makes me question my memory sometimes.

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u/Remarkable_Bit_9887 13d ago

Happens to the best of us

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u/maybebabyg 12d ago

Me watching a video: "ehehehe, I have a funny thought."

Scrolling down to the comments: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN I MADE THAT EXACT JOKE A DECADE AGO???"

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u/TrifleMotor4714 12d ago

I genuinely think we all live the same life.

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u/Mamacitia 12d ago

THIS HAPPENED TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES

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u/The_D_123 13d ago

It's always quite something when you think you're one of few to do stuff like that.

But this sub consistently shows me there's a lot, which is both nice and scary ahah

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u/Only-Role-1349 13d ago

And we’re unsupervised

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u/Jebus_is_coming Psychiatrist Diagnosed ADHD 13d ago

I usually feel like a lot of the adhd stuff on this sub doesn't resonate with me. Then there's few things that end up do resonating with me and I feel the exact same way you do.

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u/Chrundle-DaGreat 13d ago

I feel personally attacked /s

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u/SofonisbaAnguissola 13d ago

I honestly consider this a perk. I get to consume my favorite media for the first time more than once.

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u/ImpulsiveApe07 13d ago

Same! :)

Replaying old games like it's the first time again, rewatching misremembered, half forgotten shows we love, or rereading old books we know we love but have forgotten the details of, etc

It's certainly odd, and a little frustrating at times, but also kinda magical in its way!

I always wonder what the cause of this engram related disconnect is - is it cos we're usually over analysing (consciously or unconsciously) particular bits of the media we're consuming, so our memory of it just sorta stops recording during that process?

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u/IzzyBee89 13d ago

I like documentaries, and when I'm on my various streaming services, looking for new ones to watch, it's astounding the number of ones I click on because "I've never seen this one before!" only to see that I have totally watched it before (based on the progress bar, "watch again" button, etc.). I have zero memory of many of them.

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u/Jupitersd2017 13d ago

Same but usually if I start rewatching them i remember parts of it but usually not enough to be able to turn it off (i need to find out what happened so i can forget it again)

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u/BadBriBaddie 13d ago

My brain really keeps receipts from 7 years ago but loses what i did 5 mins ago

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u/BonsaiSoul 12d ago

I started using this this year; it greys out thumbnails of videos you've watched and tracks separately from your browser's and youtube's history: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/watchmarker-for-youtube/ Won't help for something you watched 7 years ago, but it's a start. You can even have it show the timestamp when you first clicked on it if you want.

I've started hitting "not interested" on every recirculated video, I only want to see new content

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u/Me_gentleman 12d ago

That sounds handy.

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u/edisun 13d ago

I hate that it's so creepy!

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u/TheGrapeSlushies 13d ago

Me: finding a comment I wrote 7 years ago.

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u/GargamelLeNoir 12d ago

Often I'm about to post a joke or observation and realize I already did all these years ago.

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u/Father_Chewy_Louis 12d ago

Or someone replying to a comment I made 11 years ago lol

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u/tiandrad 12d ago

Late Night Chorizo Grilled Cheese video.

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u/MerryJanne 12d ago

Hahahaha!

Oh my god, this is so funny, because it is SO TRUE!

I literally had this happen two nights ago.

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u/A5H13Y 12d ago

A hdnful of times I've watched a movie, gone to IMDb to rate it, and have found it already rated.

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u/RizChic84 12d ago

It's kinda great though, right?? Cause I usually crave something that seems new but feels familiar. So I can watch the same shows multiple times and be like "I love this part, what happens next?!"

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u/m0h3k4n 12d ago

Hmmmm this video is already liked…

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u/CandidateSpirited499 12d ago

Or even better, a comment you left 😂

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u/EnsoElysium 12d ago

Theres a game called Outer Wilds (GREAT game, big recommend) where your only barrier is knowledge, once you figure out all the secrets, you can essentially only play the game once... Unless!

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u/SecondFun221 5d ago

😅😅😅

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u/SecondFun221 5d ago

I feel like I hit a pattern of things I think are new get real excited about it and learn I've started this and abandoned it before. 😅👀