What it feels like to have a conversation with the person who made this meme and keeps getting it wrong.
Trying to fast forward dialog in real life:
Then my brain turns off, thinking of something else, then I miss what they were actually trying to say, then they start over.
FUUUUUUUCK
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My wife does this and it drives me insane because she’s only right about 60% and then I have to start over because I need to say the whole thought again.
ADHDers favorite sport: jumping to conclusions
It’s pretty validating to hear this. My partner, I love him to death, but oh my God when he tries to predict what I’m going to say and cuts me off to do so, it feels so rude. It’s like why should I bother speaking if you already have decided what I’m going to say? And it’s so often inaccurate.
I know it’s part of the ADHD processing so I try to dismiss it, I know he doesn’t mean to cut me off, but WOW is it trying.
The dissonance between “I know what you are talking about before you’ve finished” and “i can barely focus on what you are talking about” is astonishing. I absolutely feel you.
I do this to my bf too. I don’t mean to. He does exactly what you do and also says I’m not right and I need to let him finish.
I then try to patiently wait for him to start over and get the whole thing, only to find out it was exactly what I thought he was saying to begin with. lol
I know it’s frustrating to talk to me. I’ve been told it all my life. I try hard not to do it, it happens involuntarily most of the time.
Being psychic would save so much time
Reminds me of an old joke.
Would people cut trees down if they could scream?
Omg, yes, absolutely. That would be the only way to shut them up.
The first thing I taught my girlfriend was to listen instead of complete my sentences. At the time she was trying to make a living as a coach and failing at it to no surprise.
Lol, same. And yet will rail on about people (especially me) making assumptions.
You didn’t understand, you assumed.
How many times does one have to understand, listen patiently anyway, and be proven correct 5 minutes later before it stops being an assumption?
be proven correct
ADHD is having difficulty focusing.
Hubris is assuming your inability to stay focused is some kind of precog superpower.
Annoying to deal with kids who insist “I know what you were going to say” one minute and “You didn’t tell me that!” the next. Infuriating to deal with adults who double down with therapy language.
ADHD is having difficulty focusing.
Isn’t it more having difficulty focusing for extended periods?
I’d say the phenomenon is more hyperfocusing long enough to figure out the point, and then getting frustrated as the speaker takes a long time to illustrate that point.
Isn’t it more having difficulty focusing for extended periods?
According to OP, they can’t even make it to the end of a sentence. shrug
I’d say the phenomenon is more hyperfocusing long enough to figure out the point,
and then getting frustrated as the speaker takes a long time to illustrate that point.
I definitely get feeling annoyed when someone rambles. And I get tuning out when a work presentation or a school lecture drags on. And I get feeling frustrated when a conversation or discussion is sidelined by minutiae.
But the “Um, aktuly, I don’t need to listen to this because I already know the answer” shit is extremely toxic behavior that inevitably sets people up to fail. If you’ve ever had to deal with student drivers before, it’s the way someone responds moments before they bend a fender.
Getting Overwhelmed is entirely different from Knowing The Answer In Advance.
Every time. It doesn’t change with frequency. It’s the same every time
I didn’t feel that way before but now I do: can you catch ADHD with old age?
I swear this community is a better diagnosis than my local GP
But we don’t take your insurance.
No need for insurance here my friend.
Glad to hear you’re in a sensible part of the world 💕
Nah, planks aren’t that bad really.
What about having no skin?
That tracks.
I’ve never tried that before, but it sounds problematic.
And more than a little sticky.
For you.
Probably fairly traumatic for whoever sees it too though.
I like to think that sentence finishing has something to do with brain synchronization
If their sentence takes more than a few seconds then they are most likely rambling on about tangential and irrelevant stuff instead of getting to the point. That is so painful.
If their sentence takes more than a few
Everything past that is just rambling about tangential and irrelevant stuff. You should just get to the point.
Now you are getting it!
