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[-] AddLemmus@lemmy.ml 105 points 2 months ago

Also annoying though are people who think they "get it", stop listening and be interruptive after a few words, and totally miss the crucial part that comes later.

Other neurodivergent people are hard to hang out with, except for sharing our grievances in memes :-)

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 2 months ago

I find that ND peeps are much easier to get along with.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah i have realized all my friends thru the years are some kinna ND. I didn't plan it that way obviously. We NDs tend to find each other naturally

[-] wendrul@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Just like stand users!

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

crucial part that comes later.

Put the crucial parts first, before the fluff.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sometimes context is important!

Or

Context is important sometimes! (If you want the point first)

[-] Nyxon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

That is a beautiful bit of word play there to show a point succinctly. Love it, well done!

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[-] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Yes, this is a serious problem with some people. Far worse than OP's issue.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

There is a whole house of people I know like that. I visited for Labor Day, and people were constantly talking over each other. They wonder why I don't visit too often anymore.

[-] FrogmanL@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

This on really irks me as two people in my family are this way… but always wrong. It’s like having a conversation with an autocomplete engine that’s always wrong. If you just let me finish my sentence, this would go way faster.

[-] Restaldt@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago

Im more on the

"I need you to repeat that second half because something you said in the first half sent me down an entirely different line of thinking and i stopped listening to you and only pretended to"

Side of things

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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My therapist helped this by saying that there are no points. forgetting what you are saying in order to let others in is part of the deal.

it happens literally multiple billions a times a day. be part of team "it is ok not to make my point".

it is a fun team to join.

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[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago

Omg, I hate this feeling.

If I’m drunk I just can’t handle it, and end up attempting to truncate what they are saying with a graceful and quick demonstration of my understanding to move things along. Mixed results ensue.

[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 months ago

My partner does this all the time. Unfortunately, they’re often completely wrong about what I was trying to say. Suddenly we’re having two completely different conversations simultaneously.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

If they didn't interrupt you would still be having two conversations since they misunderstood what you were trying to say, but it would take longer to catch on.

[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

I'm talking about situations where my meaning would become clear if I weren't interrupted before I finished what I was saying.

It's fine, though. I'm learning to front-load my main points. Instead of trying to say "Hey, I know we said we'd clean the basement this weekend, but I think it's more important that I spend that time fixing the car," and getting interrupted with thoughts about the basement before I'm able to mention the car, I try to say "I'd like to work on the car this weekend. I think the basement can wait." Takes practice, though.

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[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

hopefully, also *hilarious *results.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 months ago

I have ADHD, I work in tech.

I'm pretty sure I've of my more troublesome clients is both extremely rude and also needs Ritalin.

Every time I say anything, they interrupt me with a reply, except, 90% of the time, they've didn't actually understand what I was trying to say. The assumption they make about what I am saying is very consistently incorrect.

It's really quite aggravating.

[-] Moah 27 points 2 months ago
[-] WhyFlip@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

It's not. Most of the things posted to this sub are just wrong.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago
[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Looked on the sidebar to see what rule 1 was and saw "1. No porn" and was very confused until I noticed that I was looking at my instance's rules. Thanks Alexandrite.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I wouldn’t say wrong do much as call them shared experiences that are not unique to adhd

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[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah I'm like this sometimes but I don't have ADHD. Just impatient lol

Actually I see a ton of posts lately mostly on Instagram where it says "such and such thing" is so ADHD and it seems like just some normal stuff. Like everything is adhd now

[-] Nyxon@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some/most of the way the ADHD presents itself is that they are things that everyone does, but ADHDers do it much more often to the point it is a problem or deemed socially unacceptable. So yes, ADHD touches a lot of things that neurotypical people do which is why it is such an insidious disability, it hides in plain sight and is dismissed by others as the individual displaying those traits just doesn’t have the mental fortitude and they need to practice better control, which leads to the ADHDer not seeking therapy/meds for their condition as they are made to feel that their condition is a personal failing and not an actual disability due to faulty wiring in their brain. This is why many people with ADHD have a negative self image and are typically treated for depression due to that negative self image. If the person with ADHD gets support, through their community, family, school, job, meds, therapist and etc then that negative self image can be dismantled and the real issue is the ADHD, the depression was just a symptom.

A simple thing I tell people when this is brought up to me is that; “Everyone goes to the bathroom a few times a day but if you are going 60 times a day we can all agree you should see a doctor about that.”

It is a hard thing to treat, especially if you are undiagnosed until later in life, unwinding all the negativity around it in your life and dismantling all the unhealthy coping mechanisms is difficult the longer you live with it.

What we are seeing now with ADHD, and related similar conditions, is not a sudden over diagnosis and prescription to treat it but that it has been vastly under diagnosed and untreated and we as a society are just catching up as we start to understand it more.

Apologies, I didn’t mean to monologue at you as this wasn’t necessarily directed at you but you hit a piece of the much larger iceberg and it didn’t feel right to not expound on the topic holistically.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Just a caveat, seeking therapy for ADHD is improving mental fortitude. Nothing wrong with that, and some people might need chemical assistance. Hard to say, its such a young field.

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

That’s because people don’t understand ADHD.…. It’s like someone saying they have OCD when they have some habit or quirk they think is unique. OCD is something that people tend to figure out kinda quickly, but ADHD gets dismissed because everyone does do some of the things ADHD does. They just don’t do it all the time or to the point where it affects their lives constantly.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago
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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Neurotypical people don't grasp what the other wants to say after the first few sentences?

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You guys are having conversations where someone gets to the point at the beginning?

I usually get a meandering barely tangential story that is supposed to be context but is irrelevant and gets in the way of communicating their simple point.

"snooggums, are you able to take off work tomorrow? I was walking the dog and ran into Cindy. You know Cindy, Bob's daughter? She went to Kansas State and majored in chemistry, but was never that into it. Anyway, so Cindy was talking about how they painted their house last year and the contractor wasn't someone you would want to work with because when she talked to them he said that he wasn't sure that the work was going well and he wanted to follow up to discuss the work with him. But then he said that it was ok and it all worked out. On the way back the dog had a limp, can you take her to the vet?"

Sorry, you have to picture a similar meandering explanation for something as that whole story has filled my brain for the morning.

[-] atheridis@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

snooggums, are you able to take off work tomorrow? I was ...

No.

There you go

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Negative Ghostrider, doggo comes first!

[-] eunieisthebus@feddit.org 19 points 2 months ago

To be fair: 95% of people saying 'I get it' definetly didn't got it.

Sauce: Ask anyone working in IT support

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[-] yuri@pawb.social 17 points 2 months ago

my nd friend group has a protocol for this! if you think you already understand what the other person is saying, you just say “avocado”. then they either ask some questions to confirm or just say “ok but i wanna info dump anyways” and then it’s COLLABORATIVE info dumping!

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months ago

That's pretty cool but requires a tight group of cognizant NDs.

[-] yuri@pawb.social 13 points 2 months ago

i gotta lotta unconditional love for my homies lol

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[-] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago

This also happens to me in reverse. I get half a sentence out, the other person nods and says "yup" or "K", and then i say "yeah k so then anyway" and on to the next point

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[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

I only struggle when someone pauses after making a point that seems complete, only to start adding more points the moment i begin to reply. The most annoying part is that i feel like an asshole for just trying to engage. So then i sit there trying to multitask listening, holding into my response, editing it, and managing anxiety, which leads to missing most of their additional points. This varies wildly individual to individual.

Luckily people are pretty forgiving...

[-] Gormadt 6 points 2 months ago

Strange... I don't remember making this comment and yet it's here already.

Are you me? This is literally me IRL ALL THE TIME!

In my experience though some people are forgiving, others not so much. But the ones that are often times can become friends

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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago
[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 8 points 2 months ago

Then nod faster?

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[-] jaycifer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Living with my new roommate, about 2/3 of the infodumps she gives me about random stuff I already know. I always want to stop it because it feels like a minute of wasted time, but I don’t want to dissuade them from sharing info.

I end up just repeating “She doesn’t know what I do and don’t know” and just agreeing with the information when she’s done.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago

Then you finally give up and zone out for a bit.
Until you realize they just asked you a question.

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I grew up getting talked over at home. At school I was bullied and ostracized. After entering the workforce, I've been quietly beaten down at every workplace and made to feel like I should STFU at all times.

Today, people ask me why I'm so quiet most of the time and why I don't attend non-mandatory work functions or teambuildings anymore. I can only smile faintly and fakely while agreeing with them that I must be shy or simply have nothing to contribute.

It is what it is.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 2 months ago

I only have this problem with my sister who will spend 30 minutes just to get to the point after grabbing my attention with 1 foot out the door as I am trying to leave.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I always feel that it’s a sign of disrespect to forcefully hold my attention instead of just saying what they want.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

ADHD aside interrupting people is rude.

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

It’s even worse when they start to stutter or loose their train of thought.

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

It would be better if they never loosed their train of thought on you in the first place.

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