How are you with people talking? I find most people talk a lot (or too much for me at least). As for me, I don't want to say much generally. I prefer doing rather than talking. When people talk, I generally drift away into my own thoughts and daydreams, and don't listen to 90% of what is coming out of their mouths. I have tried, but it takes too much concentration and tires me out. Unless there is a specific point to the conversation or an important piece of information to remember, I prefer to not listen to people. I have tried to copy neurotypical style conversation, but it is still a struggle to produce extended periods of conversational speech. Does anyone else experience these problems? It isn't just other people, either. I find myself losing interest in what I'm saying, too, if it is too long-winded, or I just lose interest in the topic of conversation (the latest goings on with the Kardashians, X Factor or Love Island), but I falter after a minute or so. It's obvious I have no interest in people's psychodramas. I can watch and listen to a factual documentary for hours and hours, well mostly, though many of them now have adopted a more informal speaking style which irritates me. There seems to be a general trend to dumb down in television documentaries to the level of pub-style banter. Even some academics have adopted a conversational-style, which borders on frivolity. I'm not advocating for a world without talking, but one that had less talking would suit me better. Or one where people talk as a means of imparting information rather than as a social function.
