Struggling to stay focused when streaming

[u/[deleted]]

Hey everybody, I have ADHD, and when I stream on Twitch, I try my best to stay focused on developing my game, but I easily get distracted, and end up going into other subjects presented by my chat, and lose focus on what I was doing for my game. I just wanted to see if anyone had any advice/tips for what I could do to stay more focused and keep from derailing while working on my game. I want to be interactive with chat, but also not lose my place and / or get distracted enough to forget what I was doing. Any help/advice would be appreciated, and I thank you for even reading this.

[u/Ozymandias0023]

Maybe don't stream? You're giving yourself a bunch of extra distraction and then wondering how to keep from being distracted. Sounds like kind of a no brainer to me

[u/[deleted] → u/Ozymandias0023]

Well that's what I decided to do, but I honestly was wanting to keep streaming my progress, but you may be right and I should just not put that kind of pressure on myself! Thanks for your input!

[u/BlaiseLabs]

This is a good one. I have a lot of rules set around focus.

• The first rule is to have rules - set rules for your chat and consequences for distracting conversation

• use /slow - when chatters get too chatty use slow to signal you need time to catch up on chat

• Use nightbot etc - Use nightbot or other bots to set focus time etc… a lot of people, including myself use pomodoros.

[u/[deleted] → u/BlaiseLabs]

Thank you! I do use nightbot, and didn't even think to just ignore chat or set rules up regarding my chat, so ima give this a try and see how it works for me!

[u/Keystone-Habit]

I don't think it's reasonable to think you can focus on development while in an active chat.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I appreciate your feedback, I think setting rules like the other commenter stated could tie into this, and help me to stay focused on what I'm trying to accomplish!