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Seeing detail rather than the main subject

Homebird

I often find myself looking at minor details and miss the main thing. So for example I am listening to a talk and I start noticing how the patterns are on the lectern or something on the wall. The most frustrating thing is when I wait to see the weather forecast and I spend so long noticing what the presenter is wearing, patterns etc. I miss half of the forecast.

Does anyone else do things like this?

  • in reply to JuniperFromGallifrey

    Might use that tip and go around my house blinded folded- can’t see any mess so it must not be there!

  • Perhaps it's time to catch the forecast on the Radio! With ones eyes closed :) 

  • Yes I can relate, unfortunately mine is dust and tiny things like hairs so I’m forever cleaning and noticing everything! 

  • Yes.  I attended my first live concert pianist performance as a teenager and I couldn’t hear the music while also looking at the musician.  I had to look away to hear it.  To this day I don’t understand orchestral concerts of live events because what I see seems to bear no resemblance to what I hear. The beauty and power of music conflicts with the imagery of folks playing instruments.  It’s just occurred to me that I have such difficulties understanding ‘theory of mind’ that maybe the priority is ‘what are they thinking now?’ Instead of focusing on the point of what they are doing. 

  • I find myself doing this particularly at work, my mind will focus on something totally random like a picture on the wall and before I know it ten minutes have passed and I haven’t been listening to the meeting! I get really distracted in meetings or training by watching other people’s reactions to things rather than listening and taking in information! 

  • I can be like this too, particularly when watching the news or weather forecast. Quite often I can find myself so focused on what the presenter is wearing (if I like the outfit), that I switch off to what they are saying. It's a similar thing If I'm watching the news and the screen behind the presenter is showing 'live' footage of the view outside the TV studios. If I notice any kind of movement, such as a moving train, emergency vehicles with flashing lights, smoke billowing out of chimneys, etc, I completely switch off to what is being said, as I'm too focused on what's going on in the background.

    The same is true if the backdrop behind the presenter is a view of other areas of the TV studio. All it takes is for me to spot someone in the background walking up a flight of stairs, and it's as though I become fixated on what that person is doing, rather than on what the news presenter is saying.

    At times, it can make for some interesting conversations between my son and me. Laughing

  • And just to add, noticed on here and some others, sometimes ' ago and by ' (when posted) are squashed together but not always but I can't work out why.