Sometimes I wonder how much this is a symptom of AuDHD specifically. ADHD people cannot hold “The Thought” but often just go with the flow anyway and it’s not as important. ASD peeps can hold “The thought” and feel the pressure to express it. AuDHD people simultaneously cannot hold it and feel the pressure to express it.
What about Ultra HD
I will perseverate on a topic going back to it because I need to info dump, but most people just don’t care about things to the same level of detail. =(
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Slowly realizing The Thought probably isn’t very related anyway and probably no one ever likes hearing all the dumb shit you have to say.
I don’t care, people should be thankful I grant them the knowledge I possess
Also, if I don’t say it I’ll explode and everyone is gonna cop shrapnel.
Stop listening to respond and this won’t happen. Actively listen and you’ll always have something to add, at the end, when it’s you’re turn to speak.
Edit: Look y’all, I’ve been dealing with my ADHD unmedicated for over 20 years and I have to say sometimes you need to listen to the neurotypicals. Just because conversation skills like “active listening” don’t come natural to you doesn’t mean you should just discount the advice as neurotypical nonsense. Use those beautiful powers of observation and pattern reconition intentionally: listen, parse, connect back to context, respond. Believe it or not, you don’t need to have a response ready immediately, and most folks appreciate a few seconds of silence as it shows them you care enough to respond genuinely rather than just speaking.
Believe it or not, you don’t need to have a response ready immediately
A lot of the time I do actually, especially in casual banter. Otherwise someone else who is more quick will reply instead and then I’ll lose both my response and probably what the original person even said.
I don’t have ADHD but the reason i hate talking is that there is always someone quicker than me that will talk before me and so giving me a block on everthing…ugh! I hate talking!
One of us! One of us!
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Sometimes I’ll have a joke related to the topic and am waiting to deliver it. Then the topic changes and it doesn’t work anymore. Only I know how good the joke was, and I carry that to my grave
You gotta find a clever way to bring the conversation back so you can deliver the joke. It is of the utmost importance.
Not to mention also hoping that it doesn’t just bounce out of your brain when the next thought pops in
*while also trying to listen to the others
And then you get another Thought, try to hold on to both of them, and well, you know well that works.
