#delayed processing

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autistic Traits I Struggle to Describe to Non-Autistic People

Neurodivergent_lou

[notebeans-galaxy]

i really hate when my "yes, and" is interpreted as a "no" and i get accused of interrupting in a conversation. i'm not trying to stop you from saying something or cut you off, i'm trying to add to the conversation!!! why do so many people assume negative intentions from that??

it's particularly irksome when it's purely because the timing of my speech is off - i start saying something too slowly when it sounds to me like a pause and end up speaking at the exact same time as them. and so i get accused of interrupting and talking over people because i have an auditory processing delay and didn't realize they were still talking until it was too late. my brain does not process auditory information quickly. It is not out of malicious intent, i genuinely thought you were done saying your piece.

[infatuatedlilbitch]

months ago i watched every single episode of scooby doo mystery inc and this morning laying in bed it finally occurred to me that "Mr. E" is a pun for mystery. to be clear i watched every episode in like a week. its been MONTHS. that's delayed processing for you :D and my brain just threw it at me for no reason. i was not thinking about this show or anything. just "mr. e"

[scintillant-h]

[rivetingreticence]

Just had someone pull a gun on me for the first time.

In Germany, that's not something that happens very often, because people don't usually have guns. It was some angry drunk guy shouting at us to get lost and pointing his gun at us in the middle of the street at one in the morning... we're all okay though, nobody got hurt, he didn't actually shoot luckily, and the police were able to catch him fairly quickly afterwards (we called as soon as we were around the corner and it's a small town).

As a person with processing delays, it's equal parts fascinating and scary seeing everyone else freak out and go through phases of shock. I'm not looking forward to reaching that.

[cyanidefilledcandy]

Me: *has a small incident that causes a major depressive episode that will not go away and I can't get the incident out of my head, even though it was small and had little to no effect on me*

Me, 3 hours-days later: Oh! That hurt my feelings.

[tielt]

2 week percolator.

[peridottimebomb-blog]

Interesting interaction in PT today.

Two different people work on my ankle. One gives me exercises and the other manipulates the ligaments to make sure it's all healing okay.

The one who manipulates the ligaments is much more chatty and asked what else I had going on today. "Nothing much, probably going to get chicken feed after this."

Enter a pretty harmless discussion about chickens and livestock. All is going smoothly, and then they say, "I just don't get why people are so upset over the price of eggs right now. You know what I'm upset about? Car prices. I trade in my pickup every couple years and the price has soared from 2018 to now! It costs $30k more for a brand new vehicle!"

And I was just stunned. I didn't know where to start. Eggs are a consumable, a (once) affordable protein for people who can't consistently afford meat, a main source of protein for vegetarians, a widespread ingredient in so many other consumables. And this person is bitching about the price of vehicles and that they can't trade in for a brand new pickup every few years when I know SO MANY people who probably never will buy a brand new vehicle because we're all just barely scraping buy anyway and trying to scrounge up enough for down payments on homes, savings for medical emergencies, etc.

Anyway, delayed processing is a bitch and I just kinda sat there, dumbfounded and feeling anger rise in me for reasons I didn't understand at that moment. I don't think I could have changed this person's mind. But what I can do is continue to call my senators and reps and find a little joy in every day moments, like the croissant I devoured after my appointment.