I have attention problems.

[meegannie]

I have serious attention issues. I was just in a meeting and after the woman had been talking to me for about fifteen minutes, I suddenly thought, "um....what is this meeting about?" because I had been paying ZERO attention and was just lost in thought. So I tried to pay attention, but then I drifted off again.

This happens to me ALL the time. Sometimes I'm even responding to people and looking like I'm paying attention, I guess, but I have no recollection of what they or I said. Sometimes someone will be talking to me for a few minutes and then five minutes later I'll say, "Sorry, did you say something?" When I catch myself doing it, I always try to pay attention, but it just doesn't work.

 

[meegannie]

Meggie land

 

[u2popmofo]

What was that? I wasnt paying attention. Sorry.....


Seriously, I have the same problem.

 

[Angel]

me too. Especially on the phone........... I play along, like I was listening. My close friend catches me on it, and quizzes me as to what she was talking about.

 

[joyfulgirl]

I have the same problem. Part of it I think is nutritional deficiencies (I say this because the problem has really improved since I've been working with a nutritionist) and part of it is boredom. It was terrible when I was in school. I just stared out the window all the time daydreaming and listening to music in my head.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

my mom calls me "ADD Girl"

 

[Giant Lemon]

I have the same problem too, especially when I'm in a boring class. My mind will just drift off and then I'll realize that I have no idea what the prof has been saying for the past hour.

 

[Salome]

all of you are horrible people

 

[elevatedmole]

Ditto to all of the above.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I think I have the ability to filter out what I don't want to hear.

 

[u2popmofo]

My problem:

I just dont care what people are talking about most of the time.

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

Meggie land

No no no. This is not meggie land. This is Sweetest Thing land. This land aint big enough for the both of us....

I really have huge problems concentrating...why else am I here and not working on my Bio report for the synthesis of phytoalexins in cell signalling pathways? Ah yes, because I can't concentrate on it right now. I fond that if I take breaks every so often, to come here, I end up working a lot better.

It doesn't help me in lectures, however. The prof talks and I'll completely zone out...I do the same thing on the phone much of the time.

I think my mind moves so quickly that I get bored easily. I can jump from subject to subject when speaking...in my hed it all makes perfect sense but the people listening are like, "What????"

 

[joyfulgirl]

My problem:

I just dont care what people are talking about most of the time.

This is also part of my problem. People talk too much and say too little






blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah SHUT UP!

 

[Sicy]

I cant read books because as I'm reading my mind will start to wander to something else and then I look back at the book realizing I just read a whole page and had no idea what I just read.

 

[cell]

me too. Especially on the phone........... I play along, like I was listening. My close friend catches me on it, and quizzes me as to what she was talking about.

my mother does this to me

 

[Cajun]

I get bored really easily and always need to be entertained, so I am always not paying attention to stuff. Especially in boring ass lectures for psych classes

 

[Bono's shades]

My mind is constantly drifting away during meetings at work. It was really embarassing when my supervisor was absent for a meeting and asked me afterwards what was decided about a certain issue. I didn't know because I wasn't listening.

 

[brettig]

I don't have too much trouble concentrating, unless I'm tired. I can however relate to Sweetest's thing (pun intended) about jumping topics as I speak.

 

[Cleasai]

My close friend catches me on it, and quizzes me as to what she was talking about.

Oh crap... Kat caught me doing that the other day. I have never been so embarrased yet really guilty at the same time! Seriously though, I do actually have A.D.D. I know people think that it's all bulllarky and all, but they can just bite me It does have it's own advantages though. For example I'm usually pretty good about faking it so that it looks as if I was paying attention the whole time Um, where was I going with this? Oh yea, diet and excercise can play an important part in helping your mind to be a lil "sharper."

 

[zonelistener]

Similar problems here. But this place keeps my attention. Weird.

 

[meegannie]

I have also come to the conclusion that I am a complete idiot.

 

[jkayet]

i do that in lectures now...and when i'm reading for my lectures... I'm not usually this bad (my problems typically lie in comprehending what's said ) but now...
I just went to something that relates to what i'm supposed to do my dissertation on...and i KNOW i'm a complete idiot. a terrified idiot, at that.