TL;DR: I just need your help to erect some kind of mental deep sea bunker in my soul :-)

Context: My job brings me into private homes with lots of permanently switched-on large televisions and with lots of super-talktative and socially starved human beings ambiently living around these screens.

The job is personal assistance: to remain emotionally present and relateable for hours on end. Quite an effort, not only because I get easily distracted by television sounds and screens (war-footage + sports = random mainstream deluge of endless pixel poison). I did not grow up with television and my audio-visual filtering capability is very poor. I get fixated by any stream of noise and trapped within it. This job makes me want to get better at filtering.

Thus I would much appreciate if anybody who knows this type of problem, would share techniques to filter and/or ignore external stimuli. More useful answers would take into account that being rude or flippant is not an option, and it would not be socially acceptable for me to regulate the televisions.

What would be some terms that I could use to find books about the topic? Any experiences you can share with me? Thanks <3

EDIT: Congrats to Secret_Online for winning the free for all / the Orange team for winning the team event!

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I'm organizing a PVP event on the Tildes Minecraft server. Posting here in case anyone would like to join. All gear will be provided for the event.

Exact time will be March 14th, 2pm EDT

The first game will be a free for all, battle royale. Players will start with nothing, and through scavenging the arena find the tools they need to survive. Making alliances is not against the rules, but just remember only one player can win.

The second game will be team based, with the Orange side fighting the Blues in a series of rounds. Each round will have an objective to complete with teams earning points until one side wins.

Hope to see you there!