Seems you're not alone. Currently in my 40's, if that matters, I find it extremely hard to force the language processing part of my brain being turned off, whi

Seems you're not alone. Currently in my 40's, if that matters, I find it extremely hard to force the language processing part of my brain being turned off, while my ears are listening to spoken words and alerting me constantly about their meaning. It kicks me instantly out of my own context. Had to quit my most recent job because vast majority of colleagues were talking to themselves loudly while solving their own assignments, and interrupting me from coding sessions too frequently to even enter into the flow. Even noise cancelling headphones I had at the time didn't help. Therefore to me, not taking colleagues into account while having loud monologues I consider being either ignorant, low EQ, or simply rude.