This has been giving me trouble lately, not because it is getting worse but rather because I've been more exposed to it. I don't want to complain about it but rather to try and understand it and see if anybody else here has similar issues.
Today I had to have an interview with a lady who was essentially a career counsellor. I managed to get through questions concerning my basic personal details - name, age, address - without any more distress than usual, but the moment the time came for a more elaborate form of response I was paralysed. She asked me what subjects I had completed in high school and I couldn't tell her; I just sat there freaking out because I couldn't think of them, even though the moment I was out of the situation they were immediately in my head as clearly as my name was. Yet in that situation I couldn't access any information that wasn't extremely simple, and this happens all the time; if I am asked a question I either say "I don't know" or I mumble or I rush out a long sentence of absolutely no real meaning full of things like "and um" and "er yeah" (if I'm trying especially hard!)
It's just crazy; I can't respond to anything; I imagine even if someone walked up and proceeded to insult me or attack me I wouldn't be able to respond.
I'm sorry if this topic has been discussed before or if it seems silly. I was just wondering if anybody else feels like this; like your head goes into a white fog or a black hole and you just can't respond to people unless the questions are automatic (eg. "What's your name?" etc.) And maybe if anybody has any ideas as to what causes it?
Thanks for reading.
Today I had to have an interview with a lady who was essentially a career counsellor. I managed to get through questions concerning my basic personal details - name, age, address - without any more distress than usual, but the moment the time came for a more elaborate form of response I was paralysed. She asked me what subjects I had completed in high school and I couldn't tell her; I just sat there freaking out because I couldn't think of them, even though the moment I was out of the situation they were immediately in my head as clearly as my name was. Yet in that situation I couldn't access any information that wasn't extremely simple, and this happens all the time; if I am asked a question I either say "I don't know" or I mumble or I rush out a long sentence of absolutely no real meaning full of things like "and um" and "er yeah" (if I'm trying especially hard!)
It's just crazy; I can't respond to anything; I imagine even if someone walked up and proceeded to insult me or attack me I wouldn't be able to respond.
I'm sorry if this topic has been discussed before or if it seems silly. I was just wondering if anybody else feels like this; like your head goes into a white fog or a black hole and you just can't respond to people unless the questions are automatic (eg. "What's your name?" etc.) And maybe if anybody has any ideas as to what causes it?
Thanks for reading.