Attention Deficit Disorder
We think in pictures and movies. We have more thoughts in a minute than you have in a day.
To remember we have to access a photo. We need a description. We don’t file alphabetically. We file historically. Based on before or after major life events.
We think in pictures and movies. We have more thoughts in a minute than you have in a day.
To remember we have to access a photo. We need a description. We don’t file alphabetically. We file historically. Based on before or after major life events.
When we go out in the world we notice EVERYTHING. The butterfly over there, the guy walking his dog, what kind of dog, is the dog happy, the bird that landed over there, etc. You have to give us time to get used to the surroundings. You have to let our eyes wander and our minds. We have no filter for all the information. We try VERY HARD to focus correctly. Sometimes, when everything is quiet, we can focus on one thing we enjoy so much that everything else goes away. We forget to do things like drink water, or urinate, or eat food. For some this can go on for days.
We can change the subject in a conversation very quickly. We jump from topic to topic and TRY to remember to leave breadcrumbs for your brain to follow the train of thought, but really, it's not terribly exciting. So just learn to go with the flow. We try to announce a topic change. Sometimes mid sentence.
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