Concentration Not Developing

[Max_V]

I have been practising my concentration after I watched Leo's video 'Concentration vs Meditation'. Firstly I tried focussing on a metronome for 2 minutes 2 times a day. After 2 months of practising I did not find improvement at all. Now I started doing 3 times in a row 2 minutes and that 2 times a day (always do it before my meditations).

Could it be that I simply cannot improve my concentration since I have ADD? I really would like to improve my concentration for how far it is possible for someone like me, but I don't know what I should differently here to eventually see results.

 

@Shin I will try to stay disciplined and do this every day. Thanks for the response

Edited May 7, 2017 by Max_V

[Shin]

I still can't focus for more than 5 minutes too, and I have no particular problem with my brain.

I guess it takes (a lot) of time.

[Afonso]

Well, it's to expect that concentration practices will be hard for you since you have ADD.

[Max_V]

@Afonso But can it improve though? Am I not stuck to this limit of never being able to concentrate amazingly?

 

@Afonso I will try to put some 5 minutes or even 10 minutes in there. 

I'm not trying to look at the results of my practise so much because I learned that is not the right way. But on this practise it makes me kind of dissapointed because I feel like it will take me a lot of months to even notice the tiniest bit of growth.

Edited May 7, 2017 by Max_V

[Afonso]

2 minutes ago, Max_V said:

@Afonso But can it improve though? Am I not stuck to this limit of never being able to concentrate amazingly?

I think so. Boost the time. I know Leo says that you shouldn't boost the time freely like that, but even though I lose focus 5/6 times per session of 10 minutes, I find that the concentration still develops. I'm at ~10 minutes now but I occasionally bump it up to 30 or 60 minutes.

Also, the first effects of heightened concentration can be appealing and feel really good but eventually that good feeling effect wears off.