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I've always done that. When I'm concentrating on something I just tune out the noise of the outside world, sometimes for hours. People who know me know not to i

I've always done that. When I'm concentrating on something I just tune out the noise of the outside world, sometimes for hours. People who know me know not to interrupt me because it's extremely aggravating to be pulled out of it. I suppose it looks strange to someone else, seeing me in what appears to be a catatonic state. But there's no history of epilepsy in my family. Also as I understand it, an absence seizure blocks activity in the brain, so you'd get nothing done during an episode.

stevenjgarner 4y ago
Absence seizures can be extremely brief - "Most absence seizures are less than 15 seconds long. It’s rare for an absence seizure to last longer than 15 seconds. They can happen suddenly without any warning signs." [0]. So it is difficult to ascertain whether I got "nothing done". [0] https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/epilepsy/absence-seizures https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas...