I’ve done this a lot…even though I’m not confirmed to have ADHD, I’m autistic though

  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
    57·
    9 months ago

    “Sorry, it cut out for me. Can you repeat that last part?”

    I use this line in… a lot of online meetings.

    • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      15·
      9 months ago

      Sometimes if you spaced out for too long, you could just say “sorry, the call was going crazy for a minute there, all I got was you saying thursday…”

      • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Also gotta love when the noise filter filters out your snoring, so the person you’re talking to doesn’t know you didn’t hear because you fell asleep. Over and over through your conversation.

      • lugal@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I sometimes wonder if zoomers pretend they have bad internet in real life interactions.

        If that sounds like something a boomer would say: I’m a millenial

    • zerofk@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I just say I was doing something else for a moment. It’s not my fault if they assume that something else was work related.

  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eeEnglish
    81·
    9 months ago

    so daydreaming is a coping mechanism that our brains use for boredom. boredom is something people with ADHD experience more frequently.

    in other words, many daydreamers have ADHD but not all

      • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Yep! CDS is at a weird place. I’ve worked with people who present that way - it’s quite different from ADHD. I think over the years we’re going to reshift some of how we look at ADHD and sister conditions.