Symptoms: scattered thinking

Does anyone experience these things please:

Scattered thinking - difficulty holding whole concepts together in my mind, like I understand pieces of the concept when someone explains it but then it kind of disappears. I can’t grasp the whole thing together. Unless I have a picture - I am better with diagrams or pictures.

I also get kind of stuck down a rabbit hole, thinking I am right about something or really focusing on a small none important detail and it can take a while (or someone repeatedly persuading me I am wrong) for me to adjust my thinking and see a bigger picture. 

I find that I don’t always know how I feel about something until later and I can sometimes feel really muddled and not be sure of how I feel, like what the truth is.

I can see different sides of a situation but I only feel one thing at a time. Like it’s hard to hold opposing feelings in my head at the same time and see a balanced picture.

Difficulty making decisions - Like in work, prioritising. And  when someone asks a question. I want to tell them the truth and I can think of so many options and I am not always sure which one is true. I just think of the options and then I am stuck. Like when someone says get insight into your behaviour - how do you get insight? I can think of the options but I don’t know what the answer is.

I can not decide if I want to socialise. I like being with small groups of people or one to one but I get agitated if I think I won’t get my own space. I do pretty much always enjoy seeing people when I do but I get stuck either not seeing people or I get on a social role, I see one person and then feel like meeting with others. I prefer to do activities with friends or chatting for a few hours but a whole day is a lot for me. Even though I enjoy it if I have not seen the person for a while but I find I want my own space again after.

Parents
  • Whether you're on the Austism Spectrum or not if you have traits or worries and find the replies helpful on this forum then thats a good thing isn't it. There is alot of friendly opinions/advice on this website and I would say we have a lovely community just trying to help one another out.

    I am officially diagnosed and i personally find it very difficult to picture things in my mind when someone is explaining something to me so I will have to go over what the person has said a number of times to understand and try and picture in my head what they are saying.

    An example would be when my wife wanted the dining room wall knocked out to create a kitchen/diner (worrying times) and was trying to explain to me with the builder what will happen and how the new layout would be. I needed to see a plan and pictures to understand better. Also when given instructions at work if its not wrote down to follow then I have to ho over it a few times for it to sink in.

    I hope my reply helps or I may be talking about something completely different to what your question is and if so I do apologise in advance.

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  • Whether you're on the Austism Spectrum or not if you have traits or worries and find the replies helpful on this forum then thats a good thing isn't it. There is alot of friendly opinions/advice on this website and I would say we have a lovely community just trying to help one another out.

    I am officially diagnosed and i personally find it very difficult to picture things in my mind when someone is explaining something to me so I will have to go over what the person has said a number of times to understand and try and picture in my head what they are saying.

    An example would be when my wife wanted the dining room wall knocked out to create a kitchen/diner (worrying times) and was trying to explain to me with the builder what will happen and how the new layout would be. I needed to see a plan and pictures to understand better. Also when given instructions at work if its not wrote down to follow then I have to ho over it a few times for it to sink in.

    I hope my reply helps or I may be talking about something completely different to what your question is and if so I do apologise in advance.

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