VioletTears
Well-known member
So this is a big part of my problem... I get really distracted by stupid things when people are talking to me and so I have a hard time following a conversation.
Sometimes I'm literally distracted BY my anxiety, but other times I get caught up in some detail and loose track of the conversation.
For example, today a coworker was telling me about a rather traumatic situation with her family. It wasn't a boring story by any means, but I had never heard her say her son's full name before and so once she said it my mind wandered for the next minute or so thinking about his name and wondering how she had come up with it and stuff... Then I remembered I was suppose to be listening.
I do this a lot and sometimes people ask me questions and I miss what they're asking. It's really embarassing.
Do other people do this?
Sometimes I'm literally distracted BY my anxiety, but other times I get caught up in some detail and loose track of the conversation.
For example, today a coworker was telling me about a rather traumatic situation with her family. It wasn't a boring story by any means, but I had never heard her say her son's full name before and so once she said it my mind wandered for the next minute or so thinking about his name and wondering how she had come up with it and stuff... Then I remembered I was suppose to be listening.
I do this a lot and sometimes people ask me questions and I miss what they're asking. It's really embarassing.
Do other people do this?