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I think people are sometimes forced into one position or another by brain chemistry. If you have ADHD, and can't hold a thought long enough that when it is you
by myrryr 4y ago
I think people are sometimes forced into one position or another by brain chemistry.
If you have ADHD, and can't hold a thought long enough that when it is your turn to talk comes around, then you are forced into a position of interrupting, or, that thought is lost.
Depending on how important or useful it is, you can be put in a lose/lose position.
So, how I interact with people, depends a lot on what they have going on mentally wise.
That took a long time to learn.
- iamevn 4y agoI have a strong memory from before I realized I was ADHD of hanging out with very good friends. I simply could not get a word in when I had something to say (I'm quieter than most so even my attempts to interrupt would fail) and when the time did come that there was room for me to speak I'd completely lose whatever it was I had to say. It was an incredibly frustrating experience that, thankfully I don't experience often and I've learned some strategies for these situations at work. (Writing things down for later as they come to mind, specific sorts of body language to indicate levels of importance of what I'd like to say, posting in a side channel like a comment on a shared doc or in a shared chatroom, etc)
- kayodelycaon 4y agoI have ADHD and it is quite frustrating to have these limitations. I struggle with real-time processing and I can’t offload audio to some other part of my brain. If I try to write a note or hold a thought in my head for more than 10 seconds, the audio starts dropping out. So I tend to interrupt when possible. I try not to be rude about it but some people just won’t shut up long enough for me to say something while it’s still relevant. I got in a lot of trouble for “talking back” and “not paying attention” as a kid.