Is this just A.D.D.? Or is everyone like this?

My pattern of language learning is mostly practicing understanding. I find spoken or written content (on the internet) at my level of understanding. Each piece (podcast; lesson) is 10 to 30 minutes. I might do several of them in a day.

Part of understanding is "paying attention". If I stop paying attention, I stop understanding. The sound flows past me, without any meaning attached. I am not learning.

My problem lately is that I sometimes find myself losing attention after only 12 minutes or so, in a 25-minute lesson. I might feel like I'm dozing off. Or I might feel like my mind is wandering. Either way I'm not hearing what the speaker says and understanding. When that happens, I pause the video. I come back and do the other 13-minute part later.

I know that I have some A.D.D. symptoms. Is that what causes this, or is this a problem for everyone?

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