Social difficulties

Ellie 567 said:

in social situations I am quite chatty, I ask a lot of questions and I can hold a conversation, however if someone is talking for a long time I get tired making eye contact and listening to them and then eventually run out of things to say. Sometimes I even plan what I’m going to say! I’m asking because I am usually chatty and don’t have much trouble talking to people but I do struggle with the tiredness and I feel my brain is overworking to try to listen. I hope this makes sense. To an outsider it appears as if I have no problems with talking at all but it does subconsciously tire me out. 

Totally get that! I think you explained pretty much every conversation I have.

I do find however I will have difficulty keeping conversations on track, I'll try to keep them within my interest, I'll have a plan around a conversation and will go to ridicules ends sometimes to go back to a subject I feel is not completed to my satisfaction.

Ellie 567 said:

in social situations I am quite chatty, I ask a lot of questions and I can hold a conversation, however if someone is talking for a long time I get tired making eye contact and listening to them and then eventually run out of things to say. Sometimes I even plan what I’m going to say! I’m asking because I am usually chatty and don’t have much trouble talking to people but I do struggle with the tiredness and I feel my brain is overworking to try to listen. I hope this makes sense. To an outsider it appears as if I have no problems with talking at all but it does subconsciously tire me out. 

Totally get that! I think you explained pretty much every conversation I have.

I do find however I will have difficulty keeping conversations on track, I'll try to keep them within my interest, I'll have a plan around a conversation and will go to ridicules ends sometimes to go back to a subject I feel is not completed to my satisfaction.

Thank you for your reply, I do that too with the interest thing ! Glad to know I’m not the only one :)