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A particular utterance we ADHD say when we lost concentration and are at a loss for words...
Mine is "where did I put my." That's it. (no noun follows cuz nothing is missing) The complete sentence. I am not even looking for anything so don't ask me why I wonder where I put it. And if I am having a VERY hard time concentrating I might say "Where did I put my (silence).... hmm....." or even "Where did I put my thing?" LOL
"Okay so I'm at the grocery store and I ..........blah blah blah . .. blah blah blah Blah..... "
then look around confused or look at them as if I'm expecting a response - usually makes them laugh - and buy myself enough time to rewind my brain.
oooh, if I entirely miss something someone said.....
"The Who-where and what-now?"
if I'm missing something...like socks
"If I were a sock, where would I be......"
or if someone stops listening to me I regain there attention and begin with...
"Now make sure you don't forget that....."
CONFUSION WOO!
I always say, "Ok, what should I do?" even when I don't really need to do anything. I guess I need to relax.LOL, this is funny.....I'm always saying "where am I" i forget sometimes, haha
I always have a word I use to respond to people I lost interest in listening to 2 seconds into their tangent, it seems mean, I love people...I do, and I value other peoples thoughts...I really do! Its just....yeah...if everyone could just talk a little faster or more sucinctly, the world would be better off, for me anyway!
I also say, like and um a LOT. It worries me in professional or important situations because I know I sound less intelligent or educated, when I know its just because I was talking about one point...my mind raced ahead to another, and I have already forgotten what I was talking about. Oy vey.
So? I'm waiting...what's the 'word' you use? Oy Gevelt!
prerogative" (Death thinking about why he does not use the Scythe some
times). Getting confused is mine ;)
Hi, new here, but had to but in somewhere. I work in a hospital unit as a medical secretary. Very busy unit. When I go back to get info from a nurse, and then forget what I needed to ask her - end up with a blank look on my face, just sort of say " You lost weight, haven't you?" and kind of lean on the counter.
Just diagnosed last year at the ripe age of 36. People always told me how I had a knack for charm, I never really got it that. I knew something was wrong. I now know it was my "survival skills" that I self taught myself, not knowing I had ADHD.
I bet I understand what's going on here. We all have a certain saying we use to attempt to flush out the tangents in our thought process, and get back to the here and now. Well, dunno if you call it that necessarily..I mean when I am suddenly caught off guard I completely draw a blank, look at the floor walk away scratching my head and mumble "Where is my". It usually occurs right after someone just scared the crap out of me (hypersenitive to sounds) when they walk up behind my cubicle. That sorta thing.I forget what i'm saying alot of times in mid sentence too and when im talking to someone and do that i tellthem opppsss i just had a brain fart and ill get back to you in a sec.
Words words words..............some people talk wayyyyyyyy too much.My WOrds: "Were you talking to me?"
Hey, I am kind and generous. I have enough trouble keeping friends because I keep forgetting we made plans to hang out, or I promised to sit their kids and they show up at my door and I am no where to be found.
I dont want to sound harsh & mean either, but if they want my attention, they need to do the"hook, grab & sinker" approach.
For those who don't get to the point (guilty here) I just kinda lead them to their point, or I ask a question about what they're saying. It requires them to get to the point.
I just wish people would talk faster and be able to keep up with me when I talk fast. I know I have found a friend for life when I find someone who can keep up with me, and they talk as fast as I do.
When I forget what I was say while I'm saying it I just say, "Now what was I saying again? I just had an intellectual interuption." (Brain fart) Nothing like honesty.
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